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Assistant Administrators:- Africa
Earl Gast
- Asia
Margot Ellis (Acting)
- Latin America and the Caribbean
Debbie Kennedy-Iraheta (Acting)
- Europe & Eurasia
Ken Yamashita (Acting)
- Middle East
George Laudato (Acting)
- Global Health
Gloria Steele (Acting)
- Economic Growth, Agriculture, & Trade
William Hammink (Acting)
- Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance
Dirk Dijkerman (Acting)
- Management
Drew Luten (Acting)
- Legislative & Public Affairs
Jonathan Addleton (Acting)
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Biography of Alonzo L. Fulgham
Acting Administrator
Chief Operating Officer and Executive Secretary
Alonzo L. Fulgham has been designated by the White House as the Acting Administrator of USAID. Fulgham concurrently serves as Coordinator of the Agency's Transition Efforts and as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Executive Secretary.
As COO, Fulgham has broad authority for ensuring the formation and implementation of USAID's policy and strategic planning agenda, and overseeing USAID's program and management reforms. He provides leadership on the full range of issues facing the agency.
As the USAID Administrator's Representative, Fulgham also served as a Commissioner of the bipartisan, Congressional Commission for Helping to Enhance the Livelihood of People Around the Globe (also known as The HELP Commission). The Commission was charged with examining U.S. Foreign Assistance and proposing actionable recommendations to strengthen U.S. Development Assistance as one of three essential foreign policy tools, along with Defense and Diplomacy, in support of U.S. national security, human progress, global economic prosperity, and peaceful societies.
Fulgham is a member of the Senior Foreign Service. He served as Mission Director in Afghanistan from June 2005 to July 2006. Prior to that, he served as the Director for South Asian Affairs in the Bureau for Asia and the Near East (ANE). In 2003, he joined the ANE Bureau as Special Assistant to the Assistant Administrator for Asia and the Near East, Ambassador Wendy Chamberlin.
In September 2001, Fulgham served as acting USAID Deputy Director for Serbia and Montenegro. From March 1993 to February 1998, he served in Jordan - initially as Private Sector Officer and then as Director responsible for economic policy and poverty reduction. In March 1998, he was assigned to the Regional Mission for the Caucasus as Director for Economic Restructuring and Energy, responsible for Georgia and Azerbaijan. In June 2000, he was selected to study at the National Defense University (ICAF).
He is a member of the board of directors of the Society for International Development (SID). He is the recipient of a Presidential Meritorious Rank Award for his work as Mission Director in Afghanistan and the Agency's Superior Achievement Award for his accomplishments as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Secretary, and numerous other performance awards, notably for his work in Afghanistan, and - more broadly - in Eastern Europe and South Asia.
Fulgham joined USAID in 1989 as Private Sector Advisor in Swaziland. In March 1992, he was selected as an International Development Intern (IDI). Fulgham has a Bachelor of Science from Fisk University and a Master of Arts from the National Defense University. He was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Haiti from 1984-1986 and speaks Creole and Spanish. He is married and has three children.
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