Lisa Palluconi is the Deputy Director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).  OFAC is responsible for administering over 30 sanctions programs, including sanctions on Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela.  Prior to her current role, Lisa served as Associate Director, Sanctions, Policy & Implementation, overseeing OFAC’s Licensing, Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Divisions.

Lisa joined the Treasury in 2012, serving in legal and policy roles, including as an attorney-advisor in the Office of the Chief Counsel, Foreign Assets Control; Director for Iran Nuclear Implementation at the National Security Council (NSC); and Senior Advisor to OFAC’s Director.  Prior to joining the Treasury, Lisa spent over a decade in the private sector, including as in-house counsel to IBM and as an associate at the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.  She holds a B.A. from the University of Tulsa, an MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.  Lisa is a Harry S. Truman Congressional Scholar.