Carl Anderson serves as the Deputy Mission Director for USAID Guinea & Sierra Leone Mission. Prior to becoming the Deputy Mission Director for USAID Guinea & Sierra Leone Mission, Mr. Anderson was the Country Representative in Benin from 2019 to 2023. He led teams in the Iraq and Egypt Democracy, Governance and Economic Opportunities Offices. He was also the Deputy Director for the Democracy and Governance Offices in Afghanistan and Haiti. Mr. Anderson joined the Foreign Service in 2011, after working for USAID in the Democracy and Governance offices in Haiti and Zimbabwe from 2008 to 2011. Before joining USAID, Mr. Anderson held management positions with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, and Pennsylvania Office of the Inspector General. He also worked in Bosnia, Albania, Bulgaria and Haiti on elections, rule of law, and justice projects. Mr. Anderson received a B.A. in International Relations from McGill University and a J.D. from the Saint Louis University School of Law.
