Marisa Lago (nacida el 4 de diciembre de 1955) es una abogada estadounidense que se desempeña como Subsecretaria de Comercio para el Comercio Internacional . Anteriormente se desempeñó como directora del Departamento de Planificación Urbana de la ciudad de Nueva York y presidenta de la Comisión de Planificación Urbana de 2017 a 2021. [1] [2] Antes de eso, Lago se desempeñó como subsecretaria de desarrollo y mercados internacionales en el Departamento de Estados Unidos. del Tesoro de 2010 a 2017, y como presidente y director ejecutivo de Empire State Development Corporation de 2008 a 2009.
Nacido en Brooklyn , Lago se graduó en 1973 en Morris Catholic High School en Denville Township, Nueva Jersey . Recibió una licenciatura en física de Cooper Union en 1977 y luego estudió matemáticas aplicadas en la Universidad de Brown durante un semestre. Lago obtuvo un Juris Doctor de la Facultad de Derecho de Harvard en 1982. [3]
Después de terminar la facultad de derecho, Lago pasó un año como asistente legal del juez de circuito estadounidense Hugh H. Bownes en Concord, New Hampshire . [3]
Desde febrero de 1994 hasta enero de 1997, Lago se desempeñó como director y director de desarrollo económico de la Autoridad de Reurbanización de Boston en Massachusetts . [3]
In August 2008, Lago was nominated by New York governor David Paterson to serve as president and CEO of the Empire State Development Corporation.[4] After confirmation by the New York State Senate, she served until June 2009 and then continued to work as an advisor to the corporation until joining the Obama administration in February 2010.[3]
In September 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Lago to serve as assistant secretary for international markets and development. She appeared before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in November 2009 and was confirmed by voice vote of the full Senate in February 2010.[5]
After the resignation of James LaGarde Hudson, Lago also served as acting U.S. director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from December 2013 until the confirmation of Scott Ames Allen in November 2015.[6][7][3][8]
In November 2014, President Obama nominated Lago to be a deputy trade representative with the rank of ambassador and nominated Wally Adeyemo to replace her as assistant secretary of the treasury.[9][10] She appeared before the Senate Committee on Finance in July 2015 and the committee advanced her nomination to the full Senate in August.[11] Adeyemo's nomination was withdrawn in December 2015 and no further action was taken on Lago's nomination before the end of the Obama administration in January 2017.[11][12]
In January 2017, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced that Lago would succeed Carl Weisbrod as director of the Department of City Planning and chair of the City Planning Commission.[1]
In September 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Lago to be the next under secretary of commerce for international trade.[13] The United States Senate confirmed her on December 16, 2021, by voice vote, and she was sworn in on December 28, 2021.[14]
Lago was part of a Biden administration effort in April 2022 to help repair the United States' "strained relations" with Turkey, Axios reported.[15] Lago traveled to Turkey to promote clean energy efforts in the region.