Nyamusi K. Igambi – Director of the U.S. Commercial Service office in Houston, Texas

Nyamusi K. Igambi is the director of the U.S. Commercial Service office in Houston where she leads a team of international trade specialists dedicated to assisting U.S. exporters in the greater Houston area.

Most recently, Nya was the director of the U.S. Commercial Service office in Kansas City, MO. Within the U.S. Commercial Service, she has been a key contributor to several Commerce Department initiatives including minority and women-owned business outreach, Doing Business in Africa and Power Africa. She has led business development trade missions to Belgium, Chile, Colombia, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria and Peru. In addition, she has completed temporary duty assignments in U.S. Commercial Service offices in Chile, Mexico, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.

Prior to joining the U.S. Commercial Service, Nya worked for the Texas Department of Economic Development in Mexico City and Austin promoting international trade, tourism and economic development. She has been the recipient of two Rotary Foundation scholarships to Argentina and Australia.

Nya received a B.A. in journalism and M.A. in Romance Languages from Texas Tech University.