Jennifer Nordquist

Jennifer "DJ" Nordquist is an American public policy expert who served as the U.S. Executive Director of the World Bank, representing the U.S. as the largest shareholder at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), International Development Association (IDA), International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA).

At the Bank, she focused on the COVID-19 response, oversight, information and communication technology, energy, debt, human capital, and protection of women and girls. Prior to her role at the Bank, Nordquist was the Chief of Staff at the Council of Economic Advisers at the White House.

She is currently the Executive Vice President of the Economic Innovation Group, is a Senior Adviser at the  Center for Strategic and International Studies, is on the advisory board at the ClearPath Foundation, is an expert advisor to the Special Competitive Studies Project, is on the advisory council for Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy, is a member of the Global Tech Security Commission, and is a member of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s U.S. Foreign Policy for Clean Energy Taskforce. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin appointed her to the Virginia Biotechnology Research Park Partnership Authority in 2023. She served as an independent director at Sunlight Financial (SUNL), serves on the advisory board of Black Buffalo 3D, and was a Fellow at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.