African Development Foundation (USADF)

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United States African Development Foundation (USADF)

-1400 I Street NW, Suite 1000 | Washington. D.C. 20005-2248 | P: 202-673-3916 | F: 202.673.3810

* http://www.adf.gov/about.html

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“Mission”

To provide direct support to community organizations and enterprises that benefit under served and marginalized communities in Africa.

http://www.adf.gov/goals.html

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Board of Directors

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Jack Leslie, Chairman

 Jack Leslie is the chairman of Weber Shandwick, one of the world’s leading public relations firms. Mr. Leslie is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, former Chairman of the Board of USA for UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) and a participant in UNHCR Missions to Afghanistan (1998), Kosovo (1999) and Tanzania (2001). He is a trustee of the Circumnavigators Foundation and is a director of various corporate boards. 

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Dr. John O. Agwunobi, Vice-Chairman
Dr. John Agwunobi is currently the Senior Vice President and President of “Health & Wellness” for Wal-Mart Stores Division, overseeing the company’s health and wellness business unit, which includes pharmacies, vision centers, and “health care” clinics. Prior to joining Wal-Mart, he was the Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and an Admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. He has served as Florida’s Secretary of Health and as a pediatrician.

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Julius E. Coles, Board Member

Julius E. Coles recently served as the President of Africare. Before assuming this position, Mr. Coles was the Director of Morehouse College’s Andrew Young Center for International Affairs from 1997 – 2002. He served as the Director of Howard University’s Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center from 1994 – 1997. Most of Mr. Coles’ 28 year career in Foreign Service was spent as a senior official with the United States Agency for International Development where he worked in Swaziland and Senegal, Liberia, Vietnam, Morocco, and Nepal.

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Morgan M. Davis,  Board Member

Morgan Davis currently serves on the Boards of Directors for Esurance Holdings, Inc., Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd., OneBeacon Insurance Group, Ltd., and White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.  Since 2000 Morgan has been actively involved as Chairman of the Board for Global Strategies for HIV Prevention and is a former member of the Faith Alive Foundation. It is Morgan’s involvement with Global Strategies that has brought him to Jos, Nigeria several times. With the help of many volunteers, the organization works diligently to improve the health care options for the region. Morgan resides in Southern California with his wife Sandy. 

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Executive Management

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Lloyd O. Pierson, President

 Lloyd O. Pierson is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the United States African Development Foundation and previously served on the Board of Directors from 2004-2006.  In his previous position, he was nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate as the Assistant Administrator for Africa at USAID.  During his time as Assistant Administrator at USAID, he gave priority attention to the U.S. trade hubs and opened the hub in Dakar, Senegal.   Prior to that, he was Chief of Staff/Chief of Operations for the Peace Corps and during a transition period served as Acting Worldwide Director of Peace Corps.  He has been Peace Corps Country Director in Ghana, Botswana, Namibia and Swaziland, and was co-negotiator for the Peace Corps bilateral agreement allowing volunteers to enter Zimbabwe.  Mr. Pierson has been a member of the United States delegation to the World Trade Organization talks in Hong Kong, head of the U.S. delegation to the inauguration of President Pohamba in Namibia, head of the U.S. Delegation to the Congo River Basin multi-lateral talks in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, and a member of the United States Presidential Delegation observing the election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Liberia. He was selected as the United States Representative to address the plenary closing session of the United Nations on international volunteerism.

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USADF Management & Staff

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Office of the President

Lloyd O. Pierson, President and CEO   bio

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Staff
Michele M. Rivard, Special Assistant to the President
David Blaine, Performance Management Advisor  
Jennifer M. DeSimone, Press Secretary

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General Counsel        
Doris Mason Martin, General Counsel
June Brown, Attorney

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Management and Administration        
M. Catherine Gates, Director of Management and Ad and Chief Human Capital Officer

Franklin Gunn, Contracting Officer
Chevella Talbert, Contract Specialist

Wendy Carver, Business Operations Unit Coordinator
Sandy Hagans, Human Resources Specialist
Erica Moorer, Buisness Operations Assistant
Justin Smith, Senior Administrative Assistant
Sean Beavers, Administrative Assitstant/Receptionist

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Internal Audit Division
Ellen P. Teel, Auditor

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Field Operations
Rama Bah, Regional Program Director                                                    
(Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Mali, Mauritania,Senegal)
Tom Coogan, Regional Program Director                                           
(Botswana, Nigeria, Swaziland, Zambia)
Christine Fowles, Regional Program Director
(Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda)                                                 
Paul Olson, Regional Program Director
(Benin, Guinea, Liberia, Niger)
Kim Ward, Regional Program Director
(Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania)  

Jennifer DeSelm, Training Director and Small Grants Coordinator
Regina Neal, Field Operations Development Analyst

Stephen Huneke, Program Analyst
Julia Kurina, Program Analyst
Mabumba Issa, Program Analyst
Marian Mahmoud, Program Analyst
Andrew MacDonald, Program Analyst
Pablo Solorio, Program Analyst
Jett Thomason, Program Analyst
Ginger Tissier, Program Analyst
Caitlin Welsh, Program Analyst       

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Finance, Strategic Planning, and Evaluation Division
William E. Schuerch, Director of Financial Management, Strategic Planning, and Evaluation
Mathieu Zahui, Budget Analyst
Setha R. Lim Honma, Accounting Technician
Jeannette Whitfield, Grant Database Manager

Eric L. Hyman, Economist

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Information Technology Division
Patrick Gan, Informational Technology Specialist
Kenneth LaRoche, IT Specialist/Systems Administrator

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