Acting Director for Policy and Program Management / Director for Global Programs

Andrea M. Lupo is the Acting Director for Policy and Program Management and Director for Global Programs at the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). In these capacities, she leads USTDA’s efforts to align regional programming with U.S. national security and foreign policy priorities, manages global initiatives, including the Global Procurement Initiative, and serves as the liaison to multilateral financial institutions.

Ms. Lupo began her career at USTDA in December 2002 and has served as the Country Manager for Eastern Europe and Turkey, sub-Saharan Africa, and most recently as the Assistant Director for Policy and Program. Ms. Lupo has more than 25 years of experience traveling and working in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Europe developing commercial infrastructure projects.

Ms. Lupo began her government career in 2000 as an International Trade Specialist at the U.S. Department of Commerce within the Central and Eastern Europe Business Information Center (CEEBIC), where she worked closely with U.S. businesses interested in investing and exporting to CEE. Ms. Lupo also has experience with structured trade finance and has worked extensively with multilateral development banks including the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Prior to her U.S. government career, Ms. Lupo was a Senior Associate at Development Finance International, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in structured trade finance and emerging markets. Ms. Lupo holds a master’s degree in international affairs from the School of International Service at The American University and earned a bachelor’s degree in international politics and religion, Cum Laude, from Wake Forest University.