Daniel Yohannes
| Daniel Yohannes | |
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| United States Ambassador to the OECD | |
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In office May 2, 2014 – January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Karen Kornbluh |
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September 22, 1952 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Saron Yohannes |
| Alma mater |
Claremont McKenna College Pepperdine University |
Daniel W. Yohannes (born September 22, 1952) is an Ethiopian-American businessman and philanthropist who served as the U.S. Ambassador to the OECD from 2014 to 2017.
From 2009 to 2014, he was the CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), an independent U.S. foreign aid agency. Before his government service, he worked in the financial services industry, as President of M&R Investments, as well as in various roles at U.S. Bank, Colorado National Bank, and Security Pacific Bank. In July 2006 John Hickenlooper appointed Yohannes to be Co-Chairman of the Greenprint Council, a group charged with overseeing the city of Denver’s sustainability plan, and in November 2006, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter named him to oversee his transition team.
Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on September 22, 1952, Yohannes completed elementary school at the Nativity Boy’s School and went on to St. Joseph’s, a prestigious Catholic high school in the Ethiopian capital. He is fluent in Amharic.
In 1970, at the age of 17, Yohannes immigrated to the United States from Ethiopia. He finished high school in Los Angeles and went on to college, earning a B.A. in Economics from Claremont McKenna College and an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University.
Daniel Yohannes is married to Saron Yohannes. They have three children.
Yohannes began his career in the financial services industry. In 1977, he started at Security Pacific National Bank (now Bank of America) as a management trainee. Working his way up the ranks, Yohannes eventually became Executive Vice President before leaving in 1992. Yohannes then relocated to Denver to work for the First Bank System, serving as President of Colorado National Bank from 1992 to 1999. During his tenure, the bank grew from $2 billion to $9 billion in assets. Also during this time, Colorado National Bank was acquired by U.S. Bank and Yohannes became CEO of U.S. Bank’s Colorado division. Yohannes was subsequently named Vice Chairman and Member of the Management Committee at U.S. Bank. He was named President of the division in 2002, and departed in 2003, stating that “it was time to do something different."
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