| 词条 | Rhoda Weeks–Brown |
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| name = Rhoda Weeks–Brown | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1967}} | birth_place = Cape Palmas, Liberia | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Howard University {{small|(Bachelor of Arts in Economics)}} Harvard University {{small|(Juris Doctor)}} | occupation = Economist & Lawyer | years_active = 1991 — present | nationality = Liberian | ethnicity = | citizenship = Liberia | residence = Washington, DC, United States | known_for = Law | networth = | home_town = Cape Palmas, Maryland County, Liberia | title = General Counsel and Head of the Legal Department at the International Monetary Fund |religion = }}Rhoda Weeks–Brown is a Liberian economist and lawyer, who currently serves as the designated next General Counsel and Director of the Legal Department, at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She was appointed to that position by the IMF Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, on 30 July 2018. Weeks–Brown, who has been serving as Deputy General Counsel at the IMF, assumes her new position on Monday 17 September 2018.[1] Background and educationA native of the West African country of Liberia, she is the daughter of the late Rocheforte Lafayette Weeks, the lawyer/politician who served as the president of the University of Liberia and Fannie Elizabeth Thompson-Goll, of Maryland County, Liberia.[2] She studied at Howard University, in Washington, DC, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. In 1991, along with the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, she was awarded the Juris Doctor degree, by the Harvard University Law School.[1][2] CareerFollowing her law degree studies, Weeks-Brown worked for several years at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, specializing in financial institutions regulatory matters, while there.[3] She joined the legal department at the International Monetary Fund in 1997. Over the years, she rose through the ranks to become Deputy Legal Counsel in 2010. She then joined the Fund’s Communications Department in 2012 as Deputy Director.[1][2] She is expected to replace Sean Hagan, who has led the legal team at the IMF since 1990. He i expected to join academia, when he retires from the IMF at the end of October 2017.[4] Other considerationsRhonda Weeks-Brown is a member of the Board of Directors of Talentnomics Inc., an international non-profit that aims to increase women leadership worldwide and to eliminate the gender gap in hiring and remuneration.[5] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|access-date=1 August 2018 |date=31 July 2018 |publisher=Corporate Counsel via Law.com |last=Reisinger |first=Sue |location=New York City | url=https://www.law.com/corpcounsel/2018/07/31/international-monetary-fund-names-rhoda-weeks-brown-as-next-general-counsel/?slreturn=20180701121631 |title=International Monetary Fund Names Rhoda Weeks-Brown as Next General Counsel}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web|access-date=1 August 2018 | url=https://www.liberianobserver.com/news/rhoda-weeks-brown-appointed-to-top-legal-post-at-imf/ |title=Rhoda Weeks-Brown Appointed to Top Legal Post at IMF |date=1 August 2018 |newspaper=Daily Observer |author=Webmaster Administrator |location=Monrovia}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/20120919_Biographies.pdf |format=PDF | title=Expert Group Meeting On Sovereign Debt Restructuring: Biographies of Speakers: Rhoda Weeks-Brown |date=19 September 2012 |publisher=Commonwealth Secretariat | location=Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London |access-date=1 August 2018 |author=Commonwealth Secretariat}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=IMF General Counsel Sean Hagan to Retire | url=https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2018/06/18/pr18242-imf-general-counsel-sean-hagan-to-retire |access-date=1 August 2018|date=18 June 2018 |publisher=International Monetary Fund | author=International Monetary Fund |location=Washington, DC}} 5. ^{{cite web|date=1 August 2018 | url=http://talentnomics.org/board-members-talentnomics-inc/ | title=Board Members At TalentNomics, Inc. |access-date=1 August 2018 |publisher=TalentNomics, Inc. |author=TalentNomics |location=New York City}} External links
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