From Director Nilsestuen
Wayne R. Nilsestuen was sworn on July
19, 2006, as Director for the U.S. Agency for International
(USAID) Mission in Guatemala, Central America. The ceremony
was held at USAID headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Nilsestuen is coming from Paraguay
where he served as USAID Mission Director since August
2002. Under his guidance, USAID/Paraguay helped the
Government of Paraguay to design a $35 million corruption
control program, the largest Threshold Program approved
to date by the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and
a debt for nature swap under authorities granted by
the Tropical Forest Conservation Act.
Prior to his assignment in Paraguay, Mr.
Nilsestuen served as Deputy Mission Director in USAID/Bolivia
(1998-2002) and USAID/Honduras (1995-1998) and Director
of the Office of Regional Sustainable Development in
the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean in USAID/Washington
(1994-1995).
Mr. Nilsestuen joined USAID in 1973 as
an International Development Intern (IDI) and began
his career in USAID as an agricultural economist assigned
to Pakistan. Since then he has served with USAID in
positions of increasing responsibility for development
and humanitarian assistance in Africa and Latin America
including Senegal, El Salvador, Honduras, Bolivia, and
Paraguay.
Before joining USAID, Mr. Nilsestuen served
a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone, West Africa
(1968-1970) where he started a vocational agricultural
program at a boys' secondary school.
Mr. Nilsestuen hails from Wisconsin where
he grew up on a dairy and poultry farm. He holds two
Masters' degrees from the University of Wisconsin, one
in Agricultural Economics and a second in Development
Economics/Public Administration.
The following are speeches, talking points,
and publicity from the outreach events in which the
USAID/Guatemala Director participates. To read more
about these, click on the following links.
Talking
points - Equipment donation to Casa Alianza |
February
2007 |
Impulso
al desarrollo rural, Diario de Centro América
|
Nov.
3, 2006 |
Medida:
E.E.U.U. activa un plan económico, Prensa
Libre |
Nov.
3, 2006 |
AID
promueve más créditos, Siglo XXI |
Nov.
3, 2006 |
Discurso:
Lanzamiento de encadenamientos empresariales de
AGEXPRONT |
Oct.
11, 2006 |
Estados
Unidos condona deuda, El Periódico |
Oct.
3, 2006 |
Canje
de deuda por naturaleza, Diario de Centro América
|
Oct.
3, 2006 |
E.E.U.U.
condona deuda, Prensa Libre |
Oct.
2, 2006 |
Nuevos
estándares educativos, Prensa Libre |
August
31, 2006 |
Se
reúnen para definir estándares educativos
, El Periódico |
August
31, 2006 |
Info
Conferencia No. 2: Planificación familiar
es esencial para el desarrollo de Guatemala |
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