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

Washington, DC – October 10^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 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 clients seeking to utilize U.S. Government financing programs including direct loans, loan guarantees and insurance products that support the manufacturing of U.S. goods and services with project finance advisory and advocacy services, from initial loan application and underwriting review through credit & technical analysis, to environmental assessment services. In 2025 LCA clients received U.S. Government approval for over $4 billion in direct loans.