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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 Rajiv Shah, and USAID's Counselor is Ambassador James Michel. The agency's Chief Operating Officer is Alonzo Fulgham. The Chief of Staff is Sean Carroll.

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:

• Sub-Saharan Africa (AFR) | Earl Gast, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator
• Asia (A) | Frank Young, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator
• Latin America & the Caribbean (LAC) | Janet Ballantyne, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator
• Europe and Eurasia (E&E;) | Roberta Mahoney, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator
• Middle East (ME) | George Laudato, Special Assistant to the Administrator for the Middle East

USAID's functional bureaus are:

• Global Health | Gloria Steele, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator
• Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade | Michael Yates, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator
• Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance | Susan Reichle, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator

In addition, certain major headquarters functions are also assigned to bureaus. Headquarters bureaus are:

• Management (M) | Drew Luten, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator
• Legislative and Public Affairs (LPA) | Stephen Driesler, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator

Independent Offices

• Office of the Executive Secretariat (ES) | Connie Turner, Acting
• Office of the Chief Operating Officer | Alonzo Fulgham
• Office of Equal Opportunity Programs (EOP) | Jessalyn L. Pendarvis
• Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives | Mauricio Vera, Director
• Office of the General Counsel (GC) | Lisa Gomer
• Office of Human Resources | Deborah Kennedy-Iraheta, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator
• 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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