Development Finance Institution (DFI) Allocator

**Amara Okonkwo** is a Senior Investment Officer at the **US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)**, the US government's development finance institution with over $40B in portfolio exposure. She evaluates and structures investments that advance US foreign policy objectives while generating financial returns. She holds an MPP from the Kennedy School and a BS in Economics from Howard University, and previously worked at the IFC (World Bank Group) and a frontier markets private equity fund.