Fred Hochberg
Fred P. Hochberg is Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (ExIm Bank). During his nearly six years of leadership, Ex-Im Bank has supported nearly 1.3 million American jobs and financed exports with a value exceeding $200 billion. Prior to his two terms as the head of Ex-Im Bank, Chairman Hochberg was dean of the Milano The New School of Management and Urban Policy in New York City. From 1998 to 2001, he served as deputy, and then acting administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), where he quadrupled lending to minority- and women-owned small businesses. Prior to his service at SBA, Hochberg was the long-time President and Chief Operating Officer of the Lillian Vernon Corporation, where he led the transformation of a small, family mail order company into an international, publicly traded direct marketing corporation, making him one of the highest ranking business leaders in the Obama Administration.