Biden Nominates Former State Dept. Official to Be Ex-Im Leader
President Joe Biden will nominate Reta Jo Lewis, a former State Department official and corporate lawyer, for president and chair of the Export-Import Bank of the U.S., the White House announced this week. At the State Department, Lewis served as the first special representative for global intergovernmental affairs under the Obama administration, where she led efforts to build “strategic relationships” between the U.S. and foreign counterparts. Lewis is currently the congressional affairs director at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
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Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chair of the Senate Banking Committee, which will oversee Lewis’ nomination hearing, applauded the announcement. “I look forward to speaking with Ms. Lewis to learn how she will help more of Ohio’s workers and businesses compete against China and how she will ensure EXIM supports our emerging clean energy economy,” he said.