USAID Staffer Tracker

As part of its pledge to elevate and revitalize U.S. 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 U.S. 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		 19
AA – Asia Nisha Desai Biswal Nominated: Jul 1, 2010
Confirmed: Sept 16, 2010		 19
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
25
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  31
AA – Management     38+
AA – Legislative and Public Affairs     38+

 

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