Biography of Sean Carroll
Chief Operating Officer
Officer-in-Charge, Bureau for Management
Mr. Carroll was appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) at the United States Agency for International Development on November 15, 2010. Mr. Carroll also assumes supervisory responsibility for the Bureau for Management. Prior to becoming COO Sean served as Chief of Staff from March 2010 until November 2010. Before joining the Obama Administration in 2010 he was Director of Programs at the Club of Madrid for Democratic Transition and Consolidation (2004-2010), a Spain-based NGO whose 75 members are former Heads of State and Government from 55 countries around the world. At the Club of Madrid he led, and remains an advisor to, the Shared Societies Project, among other global, regional and country-level projects. Prior to his work at the Club of Madrid, Mr. Carroll was Senior Fellow and Director for Legislative Programs at the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based think tank. Mr. Carroll also was a Consultant to the UN/World Food Program, a staigiare at the European Commission, and served as Professional Staff Member and Minority Subcommittee Staff Director on the U.S. House of Representatives International Relations Committee. From 1986 to 1999, Mr. Carroll worked in multiple roles at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, including Executive Officer and Chief of Mission, West Bank & Gaza.
Mr. Carroll has an MA in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University/SAIS and a BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. He is fluent in Spanish, speaks Catalan and French, and has studied German, Portuguese, Italian and Arabic.
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