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USAID Announces the Appointment of Ambassador Mosina Jordan as Agency Counselor

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 27, 2005
2005-060
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Contact: USAID Press Office

Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced the appointment of Ambassador Mosina Jordan as Counselor to the Agency. Jordan is the first African American to serve in this position in the history of the Agency. The Counselor is the most senior career officer position in the Agency and serves as ombudsman for career employees.

"Ambassador Jordan has distinguished herself in USAID for more than 20 years," said USAID Administrator Andrew S. Natsios. "As Counselor, Ambassador Jordan will advise me and other senior staff on a wide range of policy, operational, and management issues."

Prior to her new position, Jordan had been USAID's Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean and American Ambassador to the Central African Republic. Jordan has served as Mission Director in Jamaica, Barbados, and Guyana, as AID Representative in Belize, and Deputy Mission Director in Cameroon. She also served as Deputy Director of the Office of Central Africa Affairs in USAID's Bureau for Africa, and Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs.

Before coming to USAID, Jordan worked for the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Human Services and Education, as well as the Community Services Administration.

A career member of the Foreign Service, Jordan holds the rank of Career Minister. She received her Bachelor's degree from New York University and a Juris Doctorate from American University. Jordan has been honored throughout her career, receiving Performance Awards as well as the Presidential Meritorious Service Rank Awards.

Ambassador Jordan, who describes her role as both exciting and daunting, said that "as Counselor, I plan to work with the Administrator and all of USAID's employees to strengthen the Agency's ability to carry out its mandate, particularly during this significant period of global change."

The U.S. Agency for International Development has provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for more than 40 years.

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