Board of Directors
Fred P. Hochberg, Chairman and President - Speeches and Testimony
Fred P. Hochberg is Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States and one of the highest ranking business leaders in the Obama Administration.
Under his leadership, in FY 2010 Ex-Im Bank approved more authorizations to support U.S. exporters than any year in its history. This included $24.5 billion in export financing – a 70% increase over the past two years -- which supported $34.4 billion worth of exports and 227,000 American jobs at more than 3,300 U.S. companies. Of these authorizations, more than $5 billion was for small businesses – a record for the Bank. The Bank also tripled its renewable energy export financing.
Wanda Felton, First Vice President and Vice Chair
Wanda Felton is the first vice president and vice chair of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank). She was nominated by President Obama on April 8, 2011 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 26, 2011.
Vice Chair Felton is responsible for voting on transactions over $10 million and significant policy matters which are brought before the board. In addition, she will lead the effort to promote U.S. exports to sub-Saharan Africa. Felton will also devote attention to serving the needs of U.S. middle-market companies which are seeking growth through exports.
Felton has more than 20 years of investment banking and alternative investment advisory experience. Early in her career, she worked in corporate finance, serving clients in the financial services industry. For the past 15 years, she has focused on private equity as an advisor to institutional investors and subsequently raising partnership capital.
Sean Mulvaney, Member of the Board of Directors
Sean Robert Mulvaney is a member of the board of directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank). A presidential appointee, he was sworn-in on June 6, 2011.
Prior to his appointment, Director Mulvaney served as director of Economic Policy Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Previously, he worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, where he served until November 2008 as Assistant Administrator for Management, a Presidentially-appointed and Senate-confirmed position.
Patricia M. Loui, Member of the Board of Directors
Patricia M. Loui was nominated by President Obama on May 18, 2011, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 1, 2011 and sworn in to office on November 7, 2011, for a term expiring on January 20, 2015.
Prior to her appointment, Loui was the founder and chairman of OmniTrak Group Inc. She previously worked at Bank of Hawaii, a regional bank with an international portfolio. She also served as development planner for the United Nations in the Asia-Pacific region. She has lived and worked in China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Pacific Islands, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Larry Walther, Member of the Board of Directors
Larry Walther was nominated by President Obama on July 21, 2011, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 1, 2011 and sworn in to office on November 14, 2011, for a term expiring on January 20, 2013.
Prior to his appointment, Walther was the director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) from March 2008 to January 2009. Prior to that position, Walther served for more than three years as the executive director of the Arkansas Department of Economic Development. Previously, Walther had a 30-year career with SBC Communications (now AT&T), which he concluded as the vice president for Corporate Services and chairman of the SBC Foundation.
Rebecca Blank, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (acting)
Board Member, ex officio
Ambassador Ron Kirk, U.S. Trade Representative
Board Member, ex officio
Fred P. Hochberg, Chairman and President - Speeches and Testimony
Fred P. Hochberg is Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States and one of the highest ranking business leaders in the Obama Administration.
Under his leadership, in FY 2010 Ex-Im Bank approved more authorizations to support U.S. exporters than any year in its history. This included $24.5 billion in export financing – a 70% increase over the past two years -- which supported $34.4 billion worth of exports and 227,000 American jobs at more than 3,300 U.S. companies. Of these authorizations, more than $5 billion was for small businesses – a record for the Bank. The Bank also tripled its renewable energy export financing.
Wanda Felton, First Vice President and Vice Chair
Wanda Felton is the first vice president and vice chair of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank). She was nominated by President Obama on April 8, 2011 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 26, 2011.
Vice Chair Felton is responsible for voting on transactions over $10 million and significant policy matters which are brought before the board. In addition, she will lead the effort to promote U.S. exports to sub-Saharan Africa. Felton will also devote attention to serving the needs of U.S. middle-market companies which are seeking growth through exports.
Felton has more than 20 years of investment banking and alternative investment advisory experience. Early in her career, she worked in corporate finance, serving clients in the financial services industry. For the past 15 years, she has focused on private equity as an advisor to institutional investors and subsequently raising partnership capital.
Sean Mulvaney, Member of the Board of Directors
Sean Robert Mulvaney is a member of the board of directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank). A presidential appointee, he was sworn-in on June 6, 2011.
Prior to his appointment, Director Mulvaney served as director of Economic Policy Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Previously, he worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, where he served until November 2008 as Assistant Administrator for Management, a Presidentially-appointed and Senate-confirmed position.
Patricia M. Loui, Member of the Board of Directors
Patricia M. Loui was nominated by President Obama on May 18, 2011, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 1, 2011 and sworn in to office on November 7, 2011, for a term expiring on January 20, 2015.
Prior to her appointment, Loui was the founder and chairman of OmniTrak Group Inc. She previously worked at Bank of Hawaii, a regional bank with an international portfolio. She also served as development planner for the United Nations in the Asia-Pacific region. She has lived and worked in China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Pacific Islands, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Larry Walther, Member of the Board of Directors
Larry Walther was nominated by President Obama on July 21, 2011, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 1, 2011 and sworn in to office on November 14, 2011, for a term expiring on January 20, 2013.
Prior to his appointment, Walther was the director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) from March 2008 to January 2009. Prior to that position, Walther served for more than three years as the executive director of the Arkansas Department of Economic Development. Previously, Walther had a 30-year career with SBC Communications (now AT&T), which he concluded as the vice president for Corporate Services and chairman of the SBC Foundation.
Rebecca Blank, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (acting)
Board Member, ex officio
Ambassador Ron Kirk, U.S. Trade Representative
Board Member, ex officio