Biography

Sergio Fontanez serves as Senior Advisor for National Security to the President and Chair of the Export Import Bank of the United States. Mr. Fontanez is a U.S. Air Force veteran with over a decade of experience in U.S. national security. Prior to joining EXIM, he served as a Country Director for the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, where he focused on military interoperability with partner nations in South Asia.

Before joining the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Sergio was an associate with Holland & Knight LLP, where he advised corporate executives on international trade and national security regulatory issues. He has also served a Presidential Management Fellow with the U.S. Department of State as an Intelligence Analyst and Policy Advisor to the United States Special Representative for North Korea.

Sergio holds an LL.M. in National Security from Georgetown University, a J.D. and M.A from The George Washington University, and B.A.s in History and Mathematics from Central Connecticut State University.