[United States Government Manual] [June 01, 2000] [Pages 541-546] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20523-0001 Phone, 202-712-0000. Internet, www.info.usaid.gov. Administrator J. Brady Anderson Deputy Administrator Harriet C. Babbitt Counselor James H. Michel Chief of Staff B.A. Rudolph Executive Secretary Ryan Conroy [[Page 542]] Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Thomas H. Fox Policy and Program Coordination Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Ivan R. Ashley Business Utilization/Minority Resource Center 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 Assistant Administrator for Global Programs, Barbara N. Turner, Field Support, and Research Acting Assistant Administrator for Humanitarian Hugh Parmer Response Assistant Administrator for Latin America and Carl H. Leonard, the Caribbean Acting Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Joseph R. Crapa Public Affairs Assistant Administrator for Management Richard C. Brown, Acting Director, Office of Equal Opportunity Programs Jessalyn L. Pendarvis Director, Office of Security C. Michael Flannery General Counsel Singleton B. McAllister Inspector General Everett L. Mosley, Acting [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 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 [[Page 543]] ![]()
T186873.065 [[Page 544]] 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 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. [[Page 545]] Country Organizations--U.S. Agency for International Development ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country Officer in Charge\1\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Albania................................... Howard Sumka (MD) Angola.................................... Keith E. Simmons (MD) Armenia................................... Dianne Tsitsos (MD) Azerbaijan................................ William McKinney (DO) Bangladesh................................ Gordon H. West (MD) Belarus................................... Robert Simpson (DO) Benin..................................... Thomas E. Park (MD) Bolivia................................... Liliana Ayalde (MD) Bosnia.................................... Edward Kadunc (MD) Brazil.................................... Janice Weber (MD) Bulgaria.................................. William Foerderer (MD) Burundi................................... Donald R. MacKenzie, Acting (MD) Cambodia.................................. Willard J. Pearson, Jr. (MD) Colombia.................................. George Wachtenheim (MD) Croatia................................... Charles R. Aaneson (MD) Democratic Republic of the Congo.......... Ronald Harvey (MD) Dominican Republic........................ Leopoldo Garza, Acting (MD) Ecuador................................... Hilda Arellano (MD) Egypt..................................... Richard M. Brown (MD) El Salvador............................... Kenneth Ellis (MD) Eritrea................................... William Garvelink (MD) Ethiopia.................................. Doug Sheldon (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.................................... Larry Garber (MD) Jamaica................................... Mosina Jordan (MD) Jordan.................................... Lewis W. Lucke (MD) Kazakstan................................. Glenn Anders (MD) Kenya..................................... Jonathan Conly (MD) REDSO in Kenya............................ Donald MacKenzie (MD) Kosovo.................................... Craig Buck (MD) Kyrgyz Republic........................... Tracy Atwood (DO) Lebanon................................... James Stephenson (MD) Liberia................................... Rudolph Thomas (MD) Lithuania................................. Christine Sheckler, Acting (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, FRY........................... 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................................... Thomas Hobgood (MD) Panama.................................... Lars Klassen (MD) Paraguay.................................. Wayne Tate (MD) Peru...................................... Thomas Geiger (MD) Philippines............................... Patrick K. Buckles (MD) Poland.................................... Paula Goddard (MD) Romania................................... Denny Robertson (MD) Russia.................................... Carol Peasley (MD) Rwanda.................................... George Lewis (MD) Senegal................................... Donald Clark (MD) Serbia, FRY............................... Richard Hough (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................................... Christopher Crowley (MD) Uzbekistan................................ Theresa Ware (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. Regional Economic Development Services Donald R. MacKenzie (RD) Offices--Nairobi, Kenya. Regional Support Center--Budapest, Patricia Lerner (RD) Hungary. International Organizations and USAID Contacts Office for Humanitarian Assistance, Douglas Sheldon (RD) World Food Program Affairs--Rome, Italy. Office of the U.S. Representative to Kelly Kammerer (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-- (Vacancy) (C) Tokyo, Japan. Office of AID Coordination Kurt Fuller (C) Representative--Brussels, Belgium. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 546]] 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, 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, www.info.usaid.gov. ------------------------------------------------------------------------