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Organization
USAID Senior Staff
    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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USAID Organization

The U.S. Agency for International Development is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and has field offices in many of the countries where we have programs. For a graphical representation of this structure, please see the USAID Organization Chart.

Leadership

USAID is headed by an Administrator and Deputy Administrator, both appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The current Acting Administrator is Alonzo Fulgham; and the Acting Deputy Administrator is (vacant), and the agency's Counselor is Lisa Chiles, and USAID's Chief Operating Officer is Alonzo Fulgham.

Bureaus

In Washington, USAID's major organization units are called bureaus. Each bureau houses the staffs responsible for major subdivisions of the agency's activities.

USAID has both geographic bureaus (which are responsible for the overall activities in the countries where we have programs) and functional bureaus (that conduct agency programs that are world-wide in nature or that cross geographic boundries.) The agency's geographic bureaus are:

  • Sub-Saharan Africa (AFR) | Earl Gast, Acting
  • Asia (A) | Margot Ellis, Acting
  • Latin America & the Caribbean (LAC) | Debbie Kennedy-Iraheta , Acting
  • Europe and Eurasia (E&E) | Ken Yamashita, Acting
  • Middle East (ME) | George Laudato, Acting

USAID's functional bureaus are:

  • Global Health | Gloria Steele, Acting
  • Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade | William Hammink, Acting
  • Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance | Dirk Dijkerman, Acting

In addition, certain major headquarters functions are also assigned to bureaus. Headquarters bureaus are:

  • Management (M) | Drew Luten, Acting
  • Legislative and Public Affairs (LPA) | Jonathan Addleton, Acting

Each bureau is headed by an Assistant Administrator, appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

Independent Offices

In addition to these bureaus, USAID has several independent offices that carry-out discrete functions for the agency. These offices are headed by directors who are appointed by the USAID Administrator. USAID's Independent offices are:

  • Office of the Executive Secretariat (ES) | Alonzo Fulgham
  • Office of Equal Opportunity Programs (EOP) | Jessalyn L. Pendarvis
  • Office of the General Counsel (GC) | Alan R. Swendiman
  • Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) | Mauricio Vera, Director
  • Office of Security (SEC) | Randy Streufert , Director
  • Office of Development Partners (ODP) | Karen Turner, Director

Inspector General

The Office of the Inspector General reviews the integrity of Agency operations through audits, appraisals, investigations and inspections.

  • Office of the Inspector General | Donald A. Gambatesa

A more complete description of these organizational units, authorities and responsibilities is available in Chapter 101 of the agency's Automated Directives System (ADS).

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