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USAID Environmental Compliance Officers


Agency Environmental Coordinator (AEC)
Agency–wide oversight and leadership in environmental compliance.

  • James Hester

Bureau Environmental Officers (BEO)
Primary environmental compliance decision makers and leaders for their bureaus.

  • Africa Bureau – Brian Hirsch
    • Deputy Bureau Environmental Officer – Ron Greenberg
    • Bureau Environmental Advisor – Tim Resch

  • Asia Bureau – John O. Wilson
    • Senior Environmental Advisor – Barney Popkin

  • Europe and Eurasia Bureau – Mohammad Latif, Acting
    • Environmental Support and Database Manager – Jeffrey Ploetz

  • Latin America and the Caribbean Bureau – Victor Bullen
    • Deputy Bureau Environmental Officer – Jerry Bisson
    • Environmental Advisor – John Garrison

  • Middle East Bureau – John O. Wilson
    • Senior Environmental Advisor – Barney Popkin

  • Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Bureau – Erika Clesceri
    • Deputy Bureau Environmental Officer– Vacant

  • Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade Bureau – Joyce Jatko

  • Global Health Bureau – Michael Zeilinger, MD
    • Environmental Advisor – Rochelle Rainey

Multilateral Development Banks Environmental Advisor
While this function is separate from 22 CFR 216 implementation since it is performed under the requirements of the International Financial Institutions Act, Title XIII and reviews environmental impact assessments performed by multilateral development bank projects, USAID uses the standards and experience of its 22 CFR 216 work and draws upon its environmental compliance officers for its investigations and recommendations for U.S. government positions on multilateral development bank loans.

  • Leslie Johnston

Biosafety Review Advisor
This function supports required USAID reviews of any proposal for research, testing or open release into the environment of bioengineered organisms (commonly referred to as GMOs or genetically modified organisms), as required under ADS 201.3.12.2(b), (scroll to page 65). This requirement applies to proposed activities in agriculture, human health and other purposes.  These reviews must be conducted in advance of and used to inform preparation of the environmental impact analysis required by 22 CFR 216.   

  • Josette Lewis

Note: ADS 211 Biosafety Procedures for Biotechnology Research, Testing, and Use is currently in draft and under review.

Regional Environmental Advisors (REA)
Support field offices in their regions and advise their BEOs on environmental compliance matters. Note: Not every region has an REA.

  • Africa
    • East Africa (based in Kenya)
      • Senior Regional Environmental Advisor and Transboundary Programs Manager – Walter Knausenberger
      • Regional Environmental Specialist - Chris Dege
      • Regional Environmental Procedures and Policy Specialist - David Kinyua
    • West Africa (based in Ghana) – Robert Clausen
    • Southern Africa (based in Pretoria, South Africa) – Camilien Jean W. Saint-Cyr

  • Europe and Eurasia
    • Eastern Europe and Eurasia (based in Washington, D.C.) – Mohammad Latif

  • Latin America and the Caribbean
    • Central America and Mexico(based in El Salvador) – Peter Keller
    • Caribbean (based in Dominican Republic) – Michael Donald
    • South America (based in Colombia) – Bruce Bayle

Mission Environmental Officers (MEO)
Principle USAID environmental compliance advisors within a USAID field mission.

  • Africa
    • Angola – Josefa Gomes
    • Benin – Kitty Andang
      • Michele Seibou , Deputy
    • Burundi – David Kinyua (based in Nairobi, Kenya)
    • Comoros – Walter Knausenberger (based in Nairobi, Kenya)
    • Democratic Republic of the Congo – Kenneth Wiegand
      • Nicodeme Tchamou, Deputy
    • Djibouti – Walter Knausenberger (based in Nairobi, Kenya)
    • Ethiopia – Joe Hirsche
      • Yacob Wondimkun, Deputy
    • Ghana – Vacant
    • Guinea – Ibrahima Camara
    • Kenya – Robert Buzzard
      • Allen Fleming, Deputy
    • Liberia – William Massaquoi
    • Madagascar – Tiana Razafimahatratra
    • Malawi – Vacant
    • Mali – Mamadou A. Dembele
    • Mozambique – Vacant
    • Namibia –Magdalena Van der Westhuizen
    • Nigeria – Nduka Okaro
    • Rwanda –Timothy Karera
      • Ryan Washburn, Deputy
    • Senegal –Aminata Badiane
      • Peter Trenchard, Deputy
    • Somalia – David Kinyua (based in Nairobi, Kenya)
    • South Africa – Charles Mandivenyi
    • Sudan –West Yugulle
    • Tanzania – Gilbert Kajuna
    • Uganda – Jody Stallings
      • Sudi Bamulesawa, Deputy
    • Zambia –Mlotha Damaseke
      • Dann Griffiths, Deputy
    • Zimbabwe – Taurai Kambeu
  • Asia
    • Afghanistan – Robert Hanchett
      • Abdul Rahim Yahya, Deputy
    • Bangladesh – Azharul Mazumder
      • Anne Williams, Deputy
    • Burma -
    • Central Asian Republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan) - Nina Kavetskaya
    • China -
    • Cambodia – Cullen Hughes
    • East Timor –Angela Rodrigues da Cruz
    • India –Gaurav Bhatiani
      • Glenn Whaley, Deputy
    • Indonesia – Alfred Natkatsuma
      • Trigeany Linggoatmodjo, Deputy
    • Israel – Julie Wood
    • Laos -
    • Mongolia – Barry Primm
    • Nepal – William Patterson
      • Amy Paro, Deputy
    • Pakistan – Mahmood Hussain
      • Alex Gainer, Deputy
      • George Gumas, Deputy
      • Robert MacLeod, Deputy
    • Philippines – Daniel Moore
      • Mary Joy Jochico, Deputy
    • RDMA - Winston Bowman
      • Saengroaj Srisawaskraisorn, Deputy
    • Sri Lanka –Sujeewa Ratnakumara
      • Karin Fernando, Deputy
    • Vietnam – Dung Pham Thi Le

  • Europe and Eurasia
    • Albania – Kristaq Jorgii
    • Armenia – Marina Vardanyan
    • Belarus – Peter Luzik
    • Bosnia/Herzegovina – Samir Dizdar
    • Cyprus – Kimberly Foukaris
      • Jennifer Baldassari, Deputy
    • Georgia and Azerbaijan (Caucasus) –Tamuna Barabadze
    • Kosovo – Antigona Mustafa–Kacamaku
    • Macedonia – Tim Donnay
    • Moldova – Peter Luzik
    • Montenegro (Crna Gora) –Vladan Raznatovic
    • Russia – Nikita Pisnyachevsky
    • Serbia – Vladan Raznatovic, Djordje Boljanovic
    • Ukraine –Peter Luzik

  • Latin America and the Caribbean
    • Bolivia –Ricardo Roca
      • Holly Ferrette, Deputy
    • Brazil – Ernani Pilla
    • Central America and Mexico regional programs (based in El Salvador) – Peter Keller
    • Colombia – Gabriel Escobar
      • Bruce Bayle , Deputy
    • Dominican Republic – Odalis Perez
    • Eastern Caribbean regional programs (based in Barbados) – Michael Taylor
    • Ecuador – Paola Zavala
      • Vacant, Deputy
    • El Salvador – Mary Latino de Rodriguez
      • Vacant, Deputy
    • Guatemala – Jill Kelley
      • Teresa Robles, Deputy
    • Guyana – Dhanmattie Sohai
      • Winston Harlequín, Deputy
    • Haiti – Pierre-Cam Milfort
      • Vacant, Deputy
    • Honduras – Peter Hearne
      • Vacant, Deputy
    • Jamaica –Malden Miller
      • Jim Harmon
    • Mexico – Jorge Landa
      • Dan Evans, Deputy
    • Nicaragua –Steven Fondriest
    • Panama – Rita Spadafora
      • Carlos Blandon, Deputy
    • Paraguay – Uwe Kurth
      • Sergio Guzman, Deputy
    • Peru –Steve Olive (Acting)

  • Middle East
    • Egypt – Seifalla Hassanein
      • Soad Saada, Deputy
    • Iraq – David Soroko
      • Linda Crawford , Deputy
    • Jordan – Amal Hijazi
      • Ross Hagan, Deputy
    • Lebanon – Raouf Youssef
      • Sana G. Saliba, Deputy
    • Morocco – Jawad Bahaji
    • West Bank/Gaza – Anan Masri
      • Gary Cohen , Deputy
    • Yemen –Shaif AL-Hamdany

     

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