[3] From February 1994 to January 1997, Lago served as director and chief economic development officer for the Boston Redevelopment Authority in Massachusetts.

[3] In August 2008, Lago was nominated by New York governor David Paterson to serve as president and CEO of the Empire State Development Corporation.

[4] After confirmation by the New York State Senate, she served until June 2009 and then continued to work as an advisor to the corporation until joining the Obama administration in February 2010.

[5] After the resignation of James LaGarde Hudson, Lago also served as acting U.S. director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from December 2013 until the confirmation of Scott Ames Allen in November 2015.

[14] Lago was part of a Biden administration effort in April 2022 to help repair the United States' "strained relations" with Turkey, Axios reported.