Emily Clark finances clean energy projects across the United States as a member of the Project Finance team at CoBank, a cooperative bank providing finance to critical infrastructure projects in rural parts of the country. Until this year, she served as a director for structured finance and political risk insurance at the US International Development Finance Corporation (formerly the Overseas Private Investment Corporation), which extends financing to developmental private-sector projects in emerging markets, including in energy, infrastructure, housing, agriculture, and other sectors. In this role, she worked across Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Central Asia. Previously, Emily completed the Presidential Management Fellowship at the US Agency for International Development in Washington and in Accra, Ghana, where she focused on clean energy access initiatives across the developing world. Emily holds a masters in international affairs and economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a bachelor of arts with honors from Tufts University.