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USAID Organization
Leadership
USAID is headed by an Administrator and Deputy Administrator, both appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The agency's Administrator is Raj Shah, the Deputy Administrator is Donald Steinberg, and USAID's Counselor is Hilda M. Arellano. The Chief of Staff is Margaret C. Sullivan. The Chief Economist is Steve Radelet.
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 boundaries.) The agency's geographic bureaus are:
USAID's functional bureaus are:
- Global Health | Ariel Pablos-Méndez, Assistant Administrator
- Economic Growth, Education and Environment | Eric G. Postel, Assistant Administrator
- Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance | Nancy Lindborg , Assistant Administrator
- Bureau for Food Security (BFS) | Paul Weisenfeld, Assistant to the Administrator
In addition, certain major headquarters functions are also assigned to bureaus. Headquarters bureaus are:
Independent Offices
In addition to these bureaus, USAID has several independent offices that carry-out discrete functions for the agency. USAID's Independent offices are:
- Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs (OAPA) | J Alex Thier, Assistant to the Administrator
- Office of the Executive Secretariat (ES) | Christa White, Acting
- Office of the Chief Operating Officer | Sean Carroll
- Office of Civil Rights and Diversity | Ambassador Barry L. Wells, Director
- Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives | Mark Brinkmoeller, Director
- Office of the General Counsel (GC) | Lisa Gomer
- Office of Human Resources | Deborah Kennedy-Iraheta, Director
- 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
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