Overseas Private Investment Corporation

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) was established in 1971 and is a U.S. government agency which "provides loans and insurance to US companies investing abroad." 

OPIC states that "By expanding economic development in host countries, OPIC-supported projects can encourage political stability, free market reforms and U.S. best practices." 

Directors
Accessed December 2008:


 * Henrietta Holsman Fore - Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development and Director of United States Foreign Assistance
 * John K. Veroneau - Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
 * Robert Mosbacher, Jr. - President & Chief Executive Officer, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
 * John J. Sullivan - Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce
 * Howard M. Radzely - Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor
 * Reuben Jeffery III - Under Secretary for Economic, Energy & Agricultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State
 * David H. McCormick - Under Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury
 * Samuel E. Ebbesen - Small Business, (General, USA, Ret.), Chief Executive Officer, Omni Systems Inc., Vienna, Virginia
 * VACANT - Small Business
 * Christopher J. Hanley - Organized Labor, General Secretary-Treasurer, International Union of Operating Engineers, Washington, DC
 * C. William Swank - Cooperatives, Retired Executive Vice President, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, Westerville, Ohio
 * Diane M. Ruebling - President, The Ruebling Group, Scottsdale, Arizona / Longville, Minnesota
 * Sanford L. Gottesman - President, The Gottesman Company, Austin, Texas
 * Dianne Ingels Moss - President & Owner, Cartera Investment Corporation, Dallas, Texas
 * Patrick J. Durkin - Managing Director, JFitzgibbons LLC, New York, New York

Related SourceWatch Resources

 * Bush administration
 * J. Brian Atwood
 * J. Brady Anderson - former chair
 * M. Peter McPherson - former chair
 * Ambassador John Simon - former executive vice president
 * James D. Jameson - former board member
 * Modern Africa Fund Managers

Contact

 * Web: http://www.opic.gov