Jennifer Nordquist

Jennifer "DJ" Nordquist is an American public policy expert was appointed Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization in October 2025. Previously, she 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 also served as the Executive Vice President of the Economic Innovation Group, was a Senior Adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, was on the advisory board at the ClearPath Foundation, was an expert advisor to the Special Competitive Studies Project, is on the advisory council for Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy, was 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) and was a Fellow at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.