Nicole Ruff, Former Department of Energy Loan Program Official to Join Lafayette Capital Advisors as a Partner.

Washington, DC – May 25^th 2025 – Nicole Ruff to join Lafayette Capital Advisors after a 25-year Federal career as an proven operational leader and executive advisor, with core competencies in enterprise operations, cross-functional leadership, human capital management, budget and procurement oversight, enterprise risk management, and reporting.

Before joining Lafayette, Nicole most recently served as the Deputy Director of the Management Operations Division of the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO), directly supervising LPO’s human resource, procurement, financial operations, and enterprise risk management functions during an unprecedented period of growth for LPO.

Prior to her time at LPO, Nicole served in multiple managerial and operational roles at the U.S. Export-Import Bank, including Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Chief Human Capital Officer (acting), Senior Advisor to the Senior Vice President of the Office of Board Authorized Finance, Chief of Staff to the Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of the Export Finance Group, and Vice President of the Operations and Data Quality Division.

In these roles, Nicole acted as a trusted advisor and thought partner to agency executives, authored audit responses as well as underwriting and operational guidance documents, prepared transaction summaries for agency leadership, provided agency executives with necessary data and analysis for informed decision making, and managed the daily operations of executive offices.

Nicole earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University and a Master of Business Administration degree from The George Washington University.

About Lafayette Capital Advisors

Lafayette Capital Advisors provides client advisory and advocacy services for domestic and international companies seeking to utilize U.S. government financing programs  for manufacturing, production and sale of U.S. goods and services.