Deborah Kennedy-Iraheta
Director of Office of Human Resources
Deborah Kennedy-Iraheta is USAID's Acting Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean in addition to her role as Deputy Assistant Administrator. Prior to July of 2008, Ms. Kennedy-Iraheta was the Mission Director for USAID/El Salvador, one of 11 USAID regional platforms with responsibility for the USAID/El Salvador bilateral program,
the Central America Mexico regional program, and the provision of regional support services to other USAID missions in Central America and Mexico. As Mission Director, Ms. Kennedy-Iraheta managed a $45 million program of bilateral and regional activities that focus on accelerating economic growth and prosperity by promoting democracy, expanding the benefits of trade-led growth, and contributing to healthier and better educated people.
Ms. Kennedy-Iraheta's background also includes acting as the Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Asia and the Near East concurrently with directing the Office for East Asian Affairs. In this position she provided leadership and support for USAID Missions and programs in East Asia and the Pacific, including Myanmar, Vietnam, and other non-presence countries. In 2005 she served as the Chief Operating Officer for the USAID Tsunami Relief and Reconstruction Force. From 1999-2004 she served as the Deputy Mission Director for the USAID Mission in Guatemala overseeing a $100 million program to support the Guatemalan peace accords. In this capacity she also managed day-to-day Mission operations.
A native of Washington, D.C., Ms. Kennedy-Iraheta holds a Bachelor's degree in economics and international public policy from George Mason University and a Master's Degree in management from the University of Phoenix.
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