Deb Burand, Executive Vice President, The Grameen Foundation, Washington D.C.

At Grameen Foundation, Deborah Burand oversees the Program Department, Technology Center and Capital Markets Group. Ms. Burand holds several other leadership positions in the microfinance industry. She is a co-founder and President of Women Advancing Microfinance (WAM) International, an organization dedicated to supporting women in the microfinance industry; Chairman of the Board of Microfinance Opportunities, a microenterprise resource center that promotes client-led microfinance in the areas of financial education, microinsurance, and client assessment; and member of the Investment Committee of the Global Commercial Microfinance Consortium ($75 million investment fund managed by DeutscheBank).

Prior to entering the microfinance industry in 2001, Ms. Burand spent 15 years working in the fields of international law, finance, and bank regulation in the public and private sectors. She has held senior positions at the US Federal Reserve Board and the US Treasury Department. She also has worked as an international corporate attorney at the global law firm of Shearman & Sterling. Ms. Burand holds graduate degrees from Georgetown University combining degrees in law and international relations (JD/MSFS). Ms. Burand is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is a former International Affairs Fellow of the Council.