Frank Almaguer is an American retired diplomat and career Foreign Service Officer. He has served in numerous positions with the Peace Corps,the United States Agency for International Development,the U.S. Department of State and the Organization of American States.
Henrietta Holsman Fore is an American public health and international development executive who was the executive director of UNICEF till January 2022. Fore is chairman and CEO of Holsman International,a management,investment,and advisory services company. She served in three presidential appointments under President George W. Bush:Fore was the first woman Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance,the 11th Under Secretary of Management in the Department of State,and the 37th Director of the United States Mint in the U.S. Department of Treasury. She was the presidential appointee for President George H. W. Bush at the United States Agency for International Development.
Rajiv J. "Raj" Shah is an American physician,economist and executive. He is the president of the Rockefeller Foundation and a former government official and health economist who served as the sixteenth administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from 2010 to 2015. Shah is the author of the book Big Bets:How Large-Scale Change Really Occurs,which was released by Simon Element on October 10,2023.
Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz is a Filipina lawyer,civil servant,and labor arbiter. She served as Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) of the Philippines under the administration of President Benigno Aquino III.
African-Americans in foreign policy in the United States catalogs distinguished African Americans who have and continue to contribute to international development,diplomacy,and defense through their work with the U.S. Department of State,the U.S. Agency for International Development,the U.S. Information Agency,and the U.S. Congress,and other notable agencies and non-governmental organizations. The creators acknowledge the presence of the interagency contributions to the foreign affairs realm,and welcome additional content to showcase the achievements of African-Americans in other relevant USG agencies.
Carolyn "Carrie" Hessler-Radelet is the President &CEO of Global Communities. In 2017,she served as the President &CEO of Project Concern International (PCI),a San Diego–based international development and humanitarian assistance organization,and spearheaded the merger of the organization with the Silver Spring,Maryland–based Global Communities in 2020. Prior to leading PCI,Carrie was the 19th director of the Peace Corps,from 2014 to 2017. She was the Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Peace Corps from April 2010 to December 2015,serving as Acting Peace Corps Director from September 2012 until June 2014 when she was elevated to Director. She resigned on January 20,2017,to join Project Concern International (PCI) as its President &CEO.
Gayle Elizabeth Smith is the former CEO of the One Campaign. Smith was formerly Coordinator for Global COVID Response and Health Security at the U.S. Department of State. and was the former Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The administrator of the United States Agency for International Development is the head of the United States federal government's Agency for International Development (USAID).
Michelle Selesky Giuda is an American businessperson and former government official.
Heidi R. King served as acting Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is a development finance institution and agency of the United States federal government. DFC invests in development projects primarily in lower and middle-income countries. First authorized on 5 October 2018 by the BUILD Act,the independent agency was formed on 20 December 2019 by merging the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) with the Development Credit Authority (DCA) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID),as well as with several other smaller offices and funds.
Erin Elizabeth McKee is an American diplomat who is the current assistant administrator of the United States Agency for International Development for Europe and Eurasia. She served as the United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea,Solomon Islands and Vanuatu from 2019 to 2022.
Sarah-Ann Lynch is an American diplomat who served as United States ambassador to Guyana from 2019 to 2023. She was nominated by President Donald Trump on September 13,2018,and presented her credentials on March 13,2019,to President David Granger. Ambassador Lynch was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 2,and was sworn in on January 11,2019.
John Barsa is an American businessman and consultant who formerly served as the United States Agency for International Development Acting Administrator in 2020. The White House requested that he assume the position of USAID Acting Deputy Administrator on November 7,2020,which effectively circumvented the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 and would have required that he step down and leave the administrator's post vacant.
Jennifer "DJ" Nordquist is an American public policy expert who served as the U.S. Executive Director of the World Bank,representing the U.S. as the largest shareholder at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD),International Development Association (IDA),International Finance Corporation (IFC),and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA).
Brock Daniel Bierman is an American humanitarian and public official who served as Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Bureau for Europe and Eurasia under president Donald Trump from December 21,2017 until 2021. He is president and CEO of Ukraine Focus,a nonprofit he helped established and officially launched in March 2023.
Paloma Adams-Allen is a Jamaican-American foreign policy advisor who served as the deputy administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for management and resources in the Biden administration from October 2021 to April 2024.
Sharon L. Cromer is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to the Gambia since March 2022.
