Enoh Titilayo Ebong is a Nigerian-American attorney and trade official who served as the director of the

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from 2022 to 2025.

Early life and education

Ebong was born in

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. Ebong's father, Ime James Ebong, served as permanent secretary of the Nigeria Federal Ministry of Economic Development and Reconstruction. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the

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, a Master of Arts in history from the

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, and a

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from the

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Career

Ebong is a member of the

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. From 1997 to 2004, she worked as a finance and business associate at

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. She then joined the

, serving as attorney–advisor from 2004 to 2007, acting regional sub-director for

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from 2007 to 2007, assistant general counsel from 2008 to 2010, deputy general counsel from 2010 to 2013, general counsel from 2013 to 2015, acting director in 2017, and deputy director and CFO from 2015 to 2019. She rejoined the USTDA as CFO and acting director at the start of the

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Nomination to USTDA

On October 14, 2021, President

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nominated Ebong to be the director of the USTDA. Hearings were held before the

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on her nomination on December 14, 2021. The committee favorably reported the nomination to the Senate floor on January 12, 2022. Ebong was confirmed by the entire

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on March 31, 2022, via

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References

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Early life and education

Career

Nomination to USTDA

See also

References