Rodney G. Bent

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Rodney Bent is Deputy Chief Executive Officer for the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). As Deputy CEO, Mr. Bent is an officer of the Corporation and manages the day-to-day operations of agency. Mr. Bent previously served as MCC's Vice President for Policy and International Relations.

Prior to joining MCC in November of 2005, Mr. Bent was a professional staff member of the House Appropriations Committee, where he recommended appropriation levels and policies for US Agency for International Development (USAID) programs, the U.S. Export-Import Bank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA).

From 2003-2004 he served as the Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Planning and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for the Coalition Provisional Authority (C.P.A.) in Baghdad, Iraq. As Senior Advisor he helped to build the capacities of the Iraqi Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Planning to manage fiscal policy and international donor contributions. He was awarded the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service.

Mr. Bent spent 20 years at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and was promoted to Deputy Associate Director for the International Affairs Division in 1998. Mr. Bent has also held positions at Bankers Trust Company and at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He received an M.B.A. from Cornell University, an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and an A.B. in History from Cornell University.