    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 01, 1999]
    [Pages 687-691]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20523-0001

    Phone, 202-712-0000. Internet, http://www.info.usaid.gov/.
    Administrator                                     J. Brian Atwood
    Deputy Administrator                              Harriet C. Babbitt
    Counselor                                         James H. Michel
    Chief of Staff                                    Richard L. McCall, Jr.
    Executive Secretary                               Ryan Conroy
    Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for        Thomas H. Fox
            Policy and Program Coordination
    Assistant Administrator for Management            Terrence J. Brown
    Assistant Administrator for Africa                Vivian Lowery Derryck
    Assistant Administrator for Asia and the Near     Robert Randolph
            East
    Assistant Administrator for Europe and the New    Donald L. Pressley,
            Independent States                                Acting
    Assistant Administrator for Latin America and     Mark L. Schneider
            the Caribbean
    Assistant Administrator for Humanitarian          Hugh Parmer
            Response
    Assistant Administrator for Global Programs,      Sally Shelton
            Field Support, and Research
    Assistant Administrator for Legislative and       Jill Buckley
            Public Affairs
    Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged       Ivan R. Ashley
            Business Utilization/Minority Resource
            Center
    Director, Office of Security                      C. Michael Flannery
    Director, Office of Equal Opportunity Programs    Jessalyn L. Pendarvis
    General Counsel                                   Singleton B.
                                                              McAllister
    Inspector General                                 Jeffrey Rush, Jr.

    [For the Agency for International Development statement of organization,
            see the Federal Register of Aug. 26, 1987, 52 FR 32174]

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    The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) administers U.S.
    foreign economic and humanitarian assistance programs worldwide in the
    developing world, Central and Eastern Europe, and the New Independent
    States of the former Soviet Union.

    The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was
    established as an independent agency by section 1413 of the Foreign
    Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681-791) and
    serves as the focal point within the Government for economic matters
    affecting U.S. relations with developing countries. USAID administers
    international economic and humanitarian assistance programs. The
    Administrator is under the direct authority and foreign policy guidance
    of the Secretary of State.

    Programs

    The Agency meets its post-cold war era challenges by utilizing its
    strategy for achieving sustainable development in

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    developing countries. It supports programs in four areas: population and
    health, broad-based economic growth, environment, and democracy. It also
    provides humanitarian assistance and aid to countries in crisis and
    transition.
    Population and Health  The Agency contributes to a cooperative global
    effort to stabilize world population growth and support women's
    reproductive rights. The types of population and health programs
    supported vary with the particular needs of individual countries and the
    kinds of approaches that local communities initiate and support. Most
    USAID resources are directed to the following areas: support for
    voluntary family planning systems, reproductive health care, needs of
    adolescents and young adults, infant and child health, and education for
    girls and women.
    Economic Growth  The Agency promotes broad-based economic growth by
    addressing the factors that enhance the capacity for growth and by
    working to remove the obstacles that stand in the way of individual
    opportunity. In this context, programs concentrate on strengthening
    market economies, expanding economic opportunities for the less
    advantaged in developing countries, and building human skills and
    capacities to facilitate broad-based participation.
    Environment  The Agency's environmental programs support two strategic
    goals: reducing long-term threats to the global environment,
    particularly loss of biodiversity and climate change; and promoting
    sustainable economic growth locally, nationally, and regionally by
    addressing environmental, economic, and developmental practices that
    impede development and are unsustainable. Globally, Agency programs
    focus on reducing sources and enhancing sinks of greenhouse gas
    emissions and on promoting innovative approaches to the conservation and
    sustainable use of the planet's biological diversity. The approach to
    national environmental problems differs on a country-by-country basis,
    depending on a particular country's environmental priorities. Country
    strategies may include improving agricultural, industrial, and natural
    resource management practices that play a central role in environmental
    degradation; strengthening public policies and institutions to protect
    the environment; holding dialogs with country governments on
    environmental issues and with international agencies on the
    environmental impact of lending practices and the design and
    implementation of innovative mechanisms to support environmental work;
    and environmental research and education.
    Democracy  The Agency's strategic objective in the democracy area is the
    transition to and consolidation of democratic regimes throughout the
    world. Programs focus on such problems as: human rights abuses;
    misperceptions about democracy and free-market capitalism; lack of
    experience with democratic institutions; the absence or weakness of
    intermediary organizations; nonexistent, ineffectual, or undemocratic
    political parties; disenfranchisement of women, indigenous peoples, and
    minorities; failure to implement national charter documents; powerless
    or poorly defined democratic institutions; tainted elections; and the
    inability to resolve conflicts peacefully.
    Humanitarian Assistance and Post-Crisis Transitions  The Agency provides
    humanitarian assistance that saves lives, reduces suffering, helps
    victims return to self-sufficiency, and reinforces democracy. Programs
    focus on disaster prevention, preparedness, and mitigation; timely
    delivery of disaster relief and short-term rehabilitation supplies and
    services; preservation of basic institutions of civil governance during
    disaster crisis; support for democratic institutions during periods of
    national transition; and building and reinforcement of local capacity to
    anticipate and handle disasters and their aftermath.

    Overseas Organizations

    U.S. Agency for International Development country organizations are
    located in countries where a bilateral

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    program is being implemented. The in-country organizations are subject
    to the direction and guidance of the chief U.S. diplomatic
    representative in the country, usually the Ambassador. The organizations
    report to the Agency's Assistant Administrators for the four geographic
    bureaus: the Bureaus for Africa, Asia and Near East, Europe and the New
    Independent States, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
        The overseas program activities that involve more than one country
    are administered by regional offices. These offices may also perform
    country organizational responsibilities for assigned countries.
    Generally, the offices are headed by a regional development officer.
        Development Assistance Coordination and Representative Offices
    provide liaison with various international organizations and represent
    U.S. interests in development assistance matters. Such offices may be
    only partially staffed by Agency personnel and may be headed by
    employees of other U.S. Government agencies.

        Country Organizations--U.S. Agency for International Development
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                      Country                       Officer in Charge \1\
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    Albania...................................  Howard Sumka (MD)
    Angola....................................  James M. Anderson (MD)
    Armenia...................................  Dianne Tsitsos (MD)
    Azerbaijan................................  William McKinney (DO)
    Bangladesh................................  Gordon H. West (MD)
    Belarus...................................  Robert Simpson (MD)
    Benin.....................................  Thomas E. Park (MD)
    Bolivia...................................  Frank Almaguer (MD)
    Bosnia....................................  Craig Buck (MD)
    Brazil....................................  Janice Weber (MD)
    Bulgaria..................................  John Grant (MD)
    Burundi...................................  Donald R. MacKenzie, Acting
                                                 (MD)
    Cambodia..................................  Willard J. Pearson, Jr. (MD)
    Colombia..................................  Carl Cira (MD)
    Croatia...................................  Charles R. Aaneson (MD)
    Democratic Republic of the Congo..........  John Grayzel (MD)
    Dominican Republic........................  Edward Kadunc (MD)
    Ecuador...................................  Hilda Arellano (MD)
    Egypt.....................................  Richard M. Brown (MD)
    El Salvador...............................  Kenneth Ellis (MD)
    Eritrea...................................  Grant W. Anderson (MD)
    Ethiopia..................................  David Eckerson, Acting (MD)
    Georgia...................................  Michael Farbman (MD)
    Ghana.....................................  Frank J. Young (MD)
    Guatemala.................................  George Carner (MD)
    Guinea....................................  Harry Birnholz (MD)
    Guinea-Bissau.............................  Donald Clark, Acting (MD)
    Guyana....................................  Carol Becker (MD)
    Haiti.....................................  Phyllis Dichter-Forbes (MD)
    Honduras..................................  Elena Brineman (MD)
    India.....................................  Linda E. Morse (MD)
    Indonesia.................................  Desaix B. Meyers III (MD)
    Israel....................................  Christopher Crowley (MD)
    Jamaica...................................  Mosina Jordan (MD)
    Jordan....................................  Lewis W. Lucke (MD)
    Kazakstan.................................  Glenn Anders (MD)
    Kenya.....................................  Jonathan Conly (MD)
    REDSO in Kenya............................  Donald MacKenzie (MD)
    Kyrgyz Republic...........................  S.J. Rushin-Bell (DO)
    Latvia....................................  Howard Handler (MD)
    Lebanon...................................  James Stephenson (MD)
    Liberia...................................  Rudolph Thomas (MD)
    Lithuania.................................  Ronald Greenberg (MD)
    Macedonia, FRY............................  Stephen Haynes (MD)
    Madagascar................................  Karen M. Poe (MD)
    Malawi....................................  Kiertisak Toh (MD)
    Mali......................................  James Hradsky (MD)
    Mexico....................................  Paul White (MD)
    Moldova...................................  Tom Lofgren (DO)
    Mongolia..................................  Edward W. Birgells (MD)
    Montenegro, FYR...........................  Richard Hough (MD)
    Morocco...................................  James F. Bednar (MD)
    Mozambique................................  Cynthia Rozell (MD)
    Namibia...................................  Carol Scherrer-Palma (MD)
    Nepal.....................................  Joanne T. Hale (MD)
    Nicaragua.................................  Marilyn Zak (MD)
    Nigeria...................................  Feliz Awantang (MD)
    Panama....................................  Lars Klassen (MD)
    Paraguay..................................  Wayne Tate (MD)
    Peru......................................  Thomas Geiger (MD)
    Philippines...............................  Patrick K. Buckles (MD)
    Poland....................................  William M. Frej (MD)
    Romania...................................  Peter Lapera (MD)
    Russia....................................  Janet Ballantyne (MD)
    Rwanda....................................  George Lewis (MD)
    Senegal...................................  Donald Clark (MD)
    Slovakia..................................  Paula Goddard (MD)
    South Africa..............................  William S. Rhodes (MD)
    Sri Lanka.................................  Lisa Chiles (MD)
    Tajikistan................................  Peter Downs (DO)
    Tanzania..................................  Lucretia Taylor (MD)
    The Gambia................................  Donald Clark, Acting (MD)
    Uganda....................................  Dawn Liberi (MD)
    Ukraine...................................  Gregory F. Huger (MD)
    Uzbekistan................................  Muri Baker (DO)
    Zambia....................................  Walter North (MD)
    Zimbabwe..................................  Rose Marie Depp (MD)
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    \1\ MD: Mission Director; D: Director; OR: Office of the AID
      Representative; DO: Development Officer; RD: Regional Director; AAO:
      AID Affairs Officer for Section of Embassy; CO: Coordinator in
      Washington

     International Organizations--U.S. Agency for International Development
                        (Selected Regional Organizations)
       (A: Adviser; C: Counselor; D: Director; ED: Executive Director; MD:
      Mission Director; AID R: USAID Representative; RD: Regional Director)
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                     Office                         Officer in Charge
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                                Regional Offices

    Regional Center for Southern Africa--    Edward Spriggs (RD)
     Gaborone, Botswana.

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    Regional Economic Development Services   Donald R. MacKenzie (RD)
     Offices--Nairobi, Kenya.
    Regional Support Center--Budapest,       Patricia Lerner (RD)
     Hungary.
                 International Organizations and USAID Contacts

    U.S. Mission to the United Nations       William Baucom (ED)
     Agencies for Food and Agriculture--
     Rome, Italy.
    Office for Humanitarian Assistance,      Douglas Sheldon (RD)
     World Food Program Affairs--Rome,
     Italy.
    Office of the U.S. Representative to     (Vacancy)(AID R)
     the Development Assistance Committee
     of the Organization for Economic
     Cooperation and Development--Paris,
     France.
    U.S. Mission to the European Office of   Nance Kyloh (AID R)
     the United Nations and Other
     International Organizations--Geneva,
     Switzerland.
    AID Office for Development Cooperation-- Helene K. Rosenberg (C)
     Tokyo, Japan.
    Office of AID Coordination               (Vacancy) (C)
     Representative--Brussels, Belgium.
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    Sources of
    Information

    General Inquiries  Inquiries may be directed to the Bureau for
    Legislative and Public Affairs, USAID/LPA, Washington, DC 20523-0001.
    Phone, 202-712-4810. Fax, 202-216-3524.
    Congressional Affairs  Congressional inquiries may be directed to the
    Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs, USAID/LPA, Washington, DC
    20523-0001. Phone, 202-712-4810.
    Contracting and Small Business Inquiries  For information regarding
    contracting opportunities, contact the Office of Small and Disadvantaged
    Business Utilization, U.S. Agency for International Development,
    Washington, DC 20523-0001. Phone, 202-712-1500. Fax, 202-216-3056.
    Employment  For information regarding employment opportunities, contact
    the Workforce Planning, Recruitment and Personnel Systems Division,
    Office of Human Resources, U.S. Agency for International Development,
    Washington, DC 20523-0001. Internet, http://www.info.usaid.gov/.
    General Inquiries  General inquiries may be directed to the Bureau for
    Legislative and Public Affairs, USAID/LPA, Washington, DC 20523-0001.
    Phone, 202-712-4810. Fax, 202-216-3524.
    News Media  Inquiries from the media only should be directed to the
    Press Relations Division, Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs,
    USAID/LPA, Washington, DC 20523-0001. Phone, 202-712-4320.

    For further information, contact the United States Agency for
    International Development, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC
    20523-0001. Phone, 202-712-0000. Internet, http://www.info.usaid.gov/.

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