Biography

Brian Benko serves as the Vice President of Media Affairs at the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), where he leads the Bank’s communications and public affairs strategy to promote U.S. exports, position EXIM’s financing and investment activity within today’s geopolitical and global trade environment, and shape how U.S. export finance, energy deals, and critical supply-chain investments are communicated to markets, industry, and policymakers.

Before EXIM, Brian served as Deputy Communications Director for the U.S. House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, where he led messaging on U.S.–China relations, technology competition, national security, and global economic policy. His work supported congressional oversight, bipartisan legislation, and the Committee’s engagement with financial institutions, Fortune 100 companies, and key U.S. allies.

Earlier in his career, Brian helped launch a digital media company and worked on the political campaigns of now Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott.

Brian holds a bachelors degree in Economics from Florida State University and is currently pursuing his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.