Lara Driscoe

Biography

Lara Driscoe serves as Managing Director in the Office of External Affairs at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the U.S. Government’s Development Finance Institution. In this role, Lara is responsible for identifying emerging market investment opportunities, developing public and private sector partnerships and catalyzing private capital through innovative financial products to achieve development goals. Prior to OPIC, Lara was the Senior Director, Government Relations at the Managed Funds Association, an association representing the alternative investment industry. Lara previously served as a Legislative Director in the U.S. Congress and a Senior Policy Advisor for financial services and banking issues. Lara worked in business development at Squire Patton Boggs. During law school, Lara clerked at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Lara received her J.D. from the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. and B.A. from the University of Maryland.