Nino Nadiradze has served as the USAID Country Representative to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu since August 2023. Prior to assuming her current duties, Ms. Nadiradze served as the USAID Country Representative to Turkmenistan, Director of Economic Growth Office in Zimbabwe; Director of Peace and Democratic Governance Office in Nigeria; Deputy Director of Economic Growth Office in Ghana; Development Advisor to Regional Command-North in Mazar-i-Sharif and Deputy Team Leader for Energy and Water programs in Afghanistan. Before joining the Foreign Service, Ms. Nadiradze worked for Care International, Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, United Nations Development Program, and private sector.
Ms. Nadiradze holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philology from the Tbilisi State University, Republic Georgia and a Master’s degree in Environmental Policy and Management from Denver University, USA.