Chief of Staff/Legislative Affairs

James C. Charlifue

James C. Charlifue is a Foreign Service Officer with more than 24 years of government service. He has held various positions with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Mr. Charlifue has been responsible for leading audits and evaluations in Africa, Europe, Latin America, and across the United States.

Mr. Charlifue joined USAID's Office of Inspector General (OIG) in 2001. Currently, he serves as Chief of Staff and Head of Legislative Affairs for the USAID/OIG. Previously, he served as Deputy Assistant Inspector General for the Millennium Challenge Corporation for USAID/OIG. While with USAID, Mr. Charlifue worked both in Washington, D.C. and Pretoria, South Africa.

Before joining USAID, Mr. Charlifue began working in 1987 as a senior evaluator for the GAO. While at GAO, he worked on broad range of international as well as domestic policy issues.

Mr. Charlifue earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from Colorado State University-Pueblo and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Denver.