Biography of Douglas Menarchik
Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia
Dr. Douglas Menarchik has been confirmed in June 2007 as Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia and is currently awaiting an official swearing-in. Menarchik was appointed by President George W. Bush to this Senate-confirmed position.
Previously he served as Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Policy and Program Coordination, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) where he managed the bureau that formulates strategic policy, develops strategy, sets priorities, oversees and evaluates programs, and allocates funding. Those activities directly affected the Agency's development work, which is implemented by more than eight thousand employees in over a hundred countries. The bureau helped present and defend the Agency's budget-nearly $13 billion in 2005-to Congress, engages the interagency community, and advances U.S. development interests with international donors.
Prior to joining USAID, Menarchik was Director of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. He was Director of the National Defense University's civilian war college for senior defense officials, Professor of Democratic Defense Management at the George C. Marshall European Center for Strategic Studies and Defense Economics in Garmisch, Germany, and has served as Assistant for Terrorism Policy at the Pentagon. While at the Pentagon, he developed the Defense Department's Strategic Plan for Combating Terrorism.
Menarchik was a 26-year career U.S. Air Force officer, retiring at the rank of Colonel in 1994. He was Vice Commander, 1776 Air Base Wing, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland; Assistant Director of Operations, 443rd Military Airlift Wing, Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, where he flew the C-141; and Military Advisor to the Vice President of the United States. His White House portfolio included terrorism and low intensity conflict, Middle East and African Affairs, and Department of Defense issues. He was the Vice President's representative to his Task Force for Combating Terrorism, and his Task Force for Border Security.
Menarchik also served on the Air Staff at the Pentagon in the Middle East/African Policy Division.
While a Professor of Political Science at the U.S. Air Force Academy, he flew the UV-18 as a jump pilot, instructed soaring, and was attached to the Wings of Blue Parachute Team. He was an instructor at the Air Force Special Operations School, teaching combating terrorism, counter insurgency, and crisis response management. While there, he was at-tached to the USAF Special Operations Combat Control team. He was also a T-37 instructor pilot at Webb Air Force Base, Texas.
Menarchik is a Vietnam veteran with 211 combat missions in the AC-119G Shadow gunship, flying with the 17th Special Operations Squadron at Phan Rang and Ton San Nhut, Vietnam. He has 3,000 hours of flying time and 915 free-fall and static-line parachute jumps. He and his wife Debra have two children.
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