Ruth Harkin

Ruth Harkin (née Raduenz; born 1944) is an American attorney who served as county attorney of Story County, Iowa, one of the first female prosecutors elected in the United States.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Minnesota and a Juris Doctor from the Columbus School of Law.

From 1979 to 1981, she served as a deputy counsel for the United States Department of Agriculture prior to joining the Washington lobbying firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP in 1983.

In 1993, President Bill Clinton named her chair and chief executive officer of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).

[4][5] Harkin endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries.