Leocadia I. Zak assumed the duties of Acting Director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) on January 20, 2009.  She was named Deputy Director of USTDA in January 2006 and served as General Counsel from April 2000 to December 2005.  Prior to joining USTDA, Ms. Zak was a partner in the Washington, D.C. and Boston offices of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. practicing in the areas of corporate, municipal and international project finance.  Ms. Zak has taught “International Project Finance” as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Boston University School of Law and at the Georgetown University Law Center.  Ms. Zak received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College and her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law.

 Walter Crawford Jones