US and Brazil: Enhancing Strong Trade and Economic Development

 Kimberly A. Reed is President and   Chairman of the Board of Directors of   the Export-Import Bank of the United   States (EXIM).  She was a member of a   successful economic delegation visit to Brazil   last October. The delegation focused  on how a   strong U.S.-Brazil relationship can promote   economic growth, jobs, and prosperity for both   countries.

 She is the first woman to lead EXIM, an   independent federal agency that   supports American jobs – nearly 1.5   million jobs in all 50 states over the past   decade – by facilitating the export of U.S.   goods and services.

Reed has spent her 25-year career working in the public and private sectors and has led efforts focused on American job creation, trade, economic development, food and agriculture, and government reform.

She was recognized  as one of the "100 Women Leaders in STEM” and Washingtonian’s “Most Powerful Women in Washington."

Reed earned her J.D. from West Virginia University College of Law and B.S. from West Virginia Wesleyan College.