World Bank Group Sanctions Board

Ms. Jodi T. Glasow, a Canadian national, is the current Executive Secretary to the World Bank Group Sanctions Board. Prior to joining the Sanctions Board Secretariat, Jodi held various positions within the World Bank Group since 2002. She served as Chief Counsel of the internal investigations unit of the Department of Ethics and Business Conduct from 2017 through 2022. As part of her responsibilities, Jodi represented the World Bank on various committees, including the Chief Executive Board of the United Nations Task Force on Sexual Harassment. From 2009 through 2017, Jodi served as Executive Secretary, Peer Review Services, overseeing a unit of the World Bank's Internal Justice System focused on reviewing employees’ contractual disputes. From 2006 through 2009, she served as Executive Secretary (Acting) to the Appeals Committee and Secretary (Senior Counsel) from 2002 through 2006. In all her positions, Jodi pioneered many innovative reforms and identified unique solutions to complex problems resulting in transformative and lasting changes to the Bank’s processes and procedures. Before joining the World Bank, Jodi practiced law in Washington, DC, where she focused her litigation practice on labor and employment law. She also worked at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC. Jodi is currently Vice Chair of the International Bar Association’s Sanctions and Exclusions Subcommittee.  She is a member of the Bars of the State of Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia.  She holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Washington College of Law, American University, where she was a member of The American University International Law Review.  She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Political Science from McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Ryan, a U.S. national, is Senior Counsel and Deputy Executive Secretary to the World Bank Sanctions Board. He joined the Sanctions Board Secretariat in April 2013. From 2019-2020, Ryan held the position of Senior Counsel with the World Bank Legal Department’s Institutional Administration Unit (on secondment), where he represented the institution in various litigation matters and served as the primary legal adviser on sanctions policy. Prior to joining the Secretariat, Ryan served as a law clerk on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and worked for several years as a corporate litigator at the law firm, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP in New York City. Before working at Boies, Ryan was a Counsellor at the World Bank’s Office of the Special Representative to the U.N. Ryan received his law degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was a Chayes International Public Service Fellow. Ryan received his Master’s degree in Comparative Social Policy from Oxford University and he received his undergraduate degree, with honors and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Virginia, where he was awarded the Distinguished Student Award. Ryan is a member of the Bar of the State of New York.

Eugenia, a dual U.S. and Russian national, joined the Sanctions Board Secretariat in October 2012. From 2022-2023, Eugenia held the position of Integrity Counsel with the International Finance Corporation (on secondment), where she advised on integrity risks in potential IFC projects and managed the development of integrity assessment strategies in FCV contexts. Eugenia earned her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center where she graduated with multiple distinctions. Concurrently with her JD curriculum, Eugenia earned a Master’s Degree in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University, summa cum laude, where she focused on vaccine policy and humanitarian emergencies. Prior to joining the Secretariat, Eugenia supported a global biosurveillance project at Georgetown University and advised on research at the intersection of public health, policy, and law. She received her Master of Science degree in Science Policy from Georgetown University and an undergraduate degree from West Virginia University, both summa cum laude. Eugenia is a member of the Bar of the State of Virginia and a Certified Fraud Examiner.

Felipe, a Brazilian national, joined the Sanctions Board Secretariat as Counsel in January 2018. Prior to this role, Felipe worked at the law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed in Washington, D.C. and Paris, where he represented multinational corporations on anti-corruption matters; managed and performed integrity due diligence reviews across a variety of industries; provided risk-based advice on cross-country business operations under domestic and global integrity standards; and conducted complex field missions and corporate investigations in Latin America and Africa. Before joining this law firm, Felipe served as Chief of Division in the Consumer Protection Bureau of Brazil’s Ministry of Justice, where his responsibilities included advising on the negotiation of international agreements within the Organization of American States and MERCOSUR. Felipe holds a Bachelor of Laws degree, with highest honors, from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Brazil, and a Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School. Felipe is licensed to practice law in Brazil, New York, and Washington, D.C. He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner.

Amanda Schneider, a dual U.S. and Brazilian national, joined the Sanction Board Secretariat in August 2015. From 2023-2024, Amanda held a position of Paralegal with the Peer Review Services unit in the Ethics and Internal Justice Vice Presidency (DAIS). Prior to this role, Amanda has worked in various capacities throughout her career within the World Bank Group, including country office management units, procurement, operations, and different regions. Amanda earned a Paralegal, Advanced Paralegal, and Advance Legal Research and Writing certificates from George Mason University.