Reta jo lewis biography

Brown: Reta Jo Lewis’ Confirmation Is a Win for American Manufacturing

February 09, 2022

Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, applauded Reta Jo Lewis’ confirmation as President of the Export-Import (EXIM) Bank. Yesterday, he took to the Senate Floor in support of Lewis’ nomination. 

Lewis was confirmed today by a vote of 56-40.

Video of Senator Brown’s remarks can be found here. 

Brown’s remarks on the Senate floor, as prepared for delivery, are below

Mr./Madame President:

I urge all my colleagues to join me in supporting American manufacturing, and support the nomination of Reta Jo Lewis to be President of the Export-Import Bank.  

As President of EXIM and Chair of the Bank’s Board of Directors, Ms. Lewis will lead our nation’s official export credit agency as it supports U.S. workers and manufacturers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and throughout our country. EXIM’s job is to support our American businesses in the face of competition –  of

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Reta Jo Lewis, Esq
Export Import Bank of the United States
President & Chair
Facilitating U.S/Africa Trade and Investment: Women and the Diaspora
Partnering to Accelerate Africa’s Industrialization



Mr. Abdul Rahman AbdulRazaq
Kwara State & Nigerian Governors Forum
Executive Governor & Chairman
Invest in Nigeria


His Excellency AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq took office as the Governor of Kwara State in 2019 after defeating every other contestant at the polls, including the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, which was the ruling party in the state at the time. In his short time in office, he has focused on improving the lot of her citizenry.

He was born in Zaria, Kaduna State, into the family of the first lawyer from the country’s northern region, AGF Abdulrazaq, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), who holds the prominent traditional titles of Mutawalli Ilorin and Tafida of Zazzau (Zaria). AbdulRahman, a Muslim, comes from Ilorin West Local Government, which is in the Kwara Central Senatorial District of the State. He speaks Yoruba, English, and Hausa l

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