[United States Government Manual] [June 01, 1999] [Pages 687-691] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov][[Page 687]] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [[Page 688]] [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] T185193.073 [[Page 689]] 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 [[Page 690]] 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country Officer in Charge \1\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Office Officer in Charge ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regional Offices Regional Center for Southern Africa-- Edward Spriggs (RD) Gaborone, Botswana. [[Page 691]] 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/. ------------------------------------------------------------------------