Kimberly A. Reed | |
Office: | Chairman and President of the Export–Import Bank of the United States |
President: | Donald Trump |
Term Start: | May 9, 2019 |
Term End: | January 20, 2021 |
Predecessor: | Fred Hochberg |
Successor: | Reta Jo Lewis |
Birth Date: | 11 March 1971 |
Birth Place: | Buckhannon, West Virginia, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Education: | West Virginia Wesleyan College West Virginia University College of Law (JD) |
Kimberly A. Reed (born March 11, 1971) is an American attorney who served as the chairman and President of the Export–Import Bank of the United States from 2019 to 2021.[1] [2] She was sworn in on May 9, 2019.[3]
Environmental groups have criticized Reed for her role in approving the Export-Import Bank's provision of over $5 billion for fossil fuel projects they say will emit millions of tons of carbon dioxide annually, displace local communities, and have a historically high rate of worker fatalities.https://foe.org/blog/will-exim-chairman-reed-learn/https://www.exim.gov/news/exim-approves-5-billion-finance-exports-mozambique-lng-projecthttps://www.exim.gov/news/exim-board-votes-notify-congress-two-potential-transactions-totaling-400-million-supporthttps://www.ran.org/the-understory/lng-destroys-villages/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/28/export-import-bank-mexico-pemex-oil-company-loans
Reed previously served as a senior advisor to Treasury Secretaries John W. Snow and Henry Paulson.[4]
Reed headed the United States delegation to the inauguration ceremony of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria on May 28, 2019.[5]
Reed is a native of Buckhannon, West Virginia. Her father Terry Reed was a special assistant to the late Republican Governor Arch Moore.[6] She has a brother and two sisters.[6]
Reed earned her undergraduate degree from West Virginia Wesleyan College and a J.D. degree from West Virginia University College of Law.[4] While she was an undergraduate, Reed interned for The Heritage Foundation.[6]