As part of its pledge to elevate and revitalize US development efforts, the Obama administration has promised to turn the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) into "the world’s premier development agency." But action has been slow to match rhetoric; it took nearly a year to install Rajiv Shah as USAID administrator. The Rethinking US Foreign Assistance initiative's USAID Staffer Tracker offers a one-stop shop for up-to-date information on all USAID positions requiring presidential nomination and Senate confirmation.
| Position | Nominee | Status | Months Vacant |
| Administrator | Rajiv Shah | Nominated: Nov 10, 2009 Confirmed: Dec 24, 2009 Sworn-in: Jan 7, 2010 |
11 |
| Deputy Administrator | Donald Steinberg | Nominated: Aug 5, 2010 Confirmed: Sept 29, 2010 | 20 |
| Assistant Administrator (AA) – Latin America and Caribbean | Mark Feierstein | Nominated: May 12, 2010 Confirmed: Sept 16, 2010 |
20 |
| AA – Asia | Nisha Desai Biswal | Nominated: Jul 1, 2010 Confirmed: Sept 16, 2010 |
20 |
| AA – Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance | Nancy Lindborg | Nominated: Aug 5, 2010 Confirmed: Sept 29, 2010 | 20 |
| AA – Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade | Eric Postel |
Nominated: Nov 10, 2010
Confirmed: Mar 3, 2011 |
26
|
| AA – Europe and Eurasia | Paige Alexander | Nominated: Sept 23, 2010 Confirmed: Dec 22, 2010 | 23 |
| AA – Global Health |
Ariel Pablos-Mendez
|
Nominated: Mar 10, 2011
Confirmed: Jun 30, 2011 |
29 |
| AA – Africa | Earl Gast |
Nominated: Sept 27, 2011
Confirmed: Mar 30, 2012 |
38 |
| AA – Middle East | Mara Rudman | Nominated: Feb 16, 2011 Confirmed: Sept 13, 2011 | 32 |
| AA – Management | 47+ | ||
| AA – Legislative and Public Affairs | T. Charles Cooper | Nominated: Sept 10, 2012 Confirmed: Jan 1, 2013 |
47 |
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