Parisa Salehi brings more than two decades of senior government, legal, and oversight experience focused on international and domestic trade financing, financial integrity, and high‑stakes investigations. She previously served as inspector general and general counsel to the inspector general of the Export‑Import Bank of the United States, the nation’s official export credit agency. In this Senate‑confirmed role, she led independent oversight of governance, internal controls, and compliance across multibillion‑dollar portfolios supporting U.S. exports. Her work provided a direct view into how federal regulators and enforcement authorities evaluate, conduct, assess risk, and enforce accountability across borders and industries. She maintains a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance, enabling her to advise on situations involving classified programs and national‑security‑related trade activity.
Parisa’s practice centers on designing compliant and efficient U.S. trade solutions, including tariffs, trade agreements, export controls, and economic sanctions. As an inspector general and senior oversight official, she evaluated compliance programs tied to cross‑border trade financing and export activity. Through audits and evaluations, she issued recommendations on corrective actions involving export control violations, anti‑money‑laundering risks, and the mitigation of vulnerabilities in global financial flows and regulated exports.
She has deep experience in financial investigations. At EXIM, she oversaw investigations involving complex loan, guarantee, insurance, and contract portfolios, working closely with financial institutions navigating regulatory scrutiny related to sovereign and non‑sovereign financing, fraud risk, and compliance obligations in international markets. As inspector general, she exercised subpoena authority, and her investigative work frequently involved coordination with the U.S. Department of Justice and financial‑sector regulators on cases involving anti‑money‑laundering, bank fraud, and wire fraud. She also partnered with international enforcement bodies that include Interpol and the Department of State on investigations involving foreign corruption and cross‑border financial misconduct.
Parisa also brings substantial experience in the agricultural sector. During her service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, she led enforcement and litigation tied to agricultural programs, directed domestic and international administrative rulemaking, and supported trade‑related dispute resolution affecting agricultural exports. This work grounds her understanding of how trade and regulatory frameworks affect producers, exporters, and program administrators across the agricultural supply chain.