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World Bank Group Sanctions Board

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    Executive Secretary

    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.

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    Ryan Velandria McCarthy
    Deputy Executive Secretary (Senior Counsel)

    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 Pyntikova
    Senior Counsel

    Eugenia has been a member of the Sanctions Board Secretariat since October 2012. In her role as Senior Counsel, Eugenia advises Sanctions Board members and Executive Secretary on matters relating to ongoing proceedings, sanctions policy, and knowledge building. In 2022, 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. Eugenia is a member of the Bar of the State of Virginia and a Certified Fraud Examiner.

  • Louise Veronique Lecaros De Cossio
    Counsel

    Louise, a dual national of France and Peru, joined the Sanctions Board Secretariat as Counsel in September 2025. Before joining the World Bank Group, she served as an Investigator in the Office of Institutional Integrity at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), where she conducted external investigations into Prohibited Practices in IDB-financed activities. She previously worked as a legal analyst in the Anti-Corruption Division of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and, on secondment, with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Earlier in her career, Louise practiced law for several years in Paris, London, and Madrid, focusing on white-collar crime and public international law, including investment arbitration. She also served as Legal Adviser to the Peruvian Vice Minister of the Interior. Louise holds LL.M. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, as well as a joint law degree from the Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She is admitted to the bar in New York, France, and Spain.

  • Amanda Schneider
    Amanda Schneider
    Legal Analyst

    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.