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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 Lisa Chiles
Counselor
Lisa Chiles is Counselor of the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
A career member of the Foreign Service who holds the rank of Career Minister, Chiles assumed the position in May 2008.
The Counselor is the most senior career officer position at USAID and serves as ombudsman for career employees. She advises the Administrator and other senior staff on a wide range of policy, operational and management issues.
Chiles has had a distinguished career at USAID for almost 30 years. She had been the Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Asia and Near East Bureau since 2006.
She has served as Mission Director in Pakistan, Cambodia and Sri Lanka, and as Deputy Mission Director in Bangladesh. She also served as Regional Legal Advisor in the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia, and as a Legal Advisor in the General Counsel's office in Washington, D.C.
Before joining USAID, Chiles was a trial attorney in the International Antitrust Section, Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
A native of North Carolina, she received her bachelor's degree from Salem College, North Carolina, a Juris Doctor degree from Emory University, and a Master's Degree in International and Comparative Law and Trade from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Ms. Chiles is a recipient of the Presidential Meritorious Service Rank Award.
Ms. Chiles resides in the District of Columbia. She and her husband have two children.
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