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Promoted
Reassigned
Retired
Moved On
In Memoriam
Kolbe Says He Will Retire
Hardin Elected to Union Post
Melnyk Receives Award
Promoted
Paulette Neal Broadus
ITSPEC
Renee V. Brown
Administrative Assistant
Kyung Choe
Democracy Specialist
Barry Collins
IDI (Executive Officer)
Larry P. Cork Jr.
Auditor
Cynthia P. Covington
Administrative Assistant
Markus D. Dausses
IDI (Executive Officer)
Aimee M. David
ITSPEC
Victor De Leon Diaz
IDI (Executive Officer)
Donald Douglass
Supervisory Accountant
Earl Ellington
Lead Contract Specialist
Crystal C. Garrett
International Cooperation Specialist
Christine M. Gottschalk
Disaster Operations Specialist
Bryien H. Gray
ITSPEC (Network)
June E. Greenlee
ITSPEC
Connie V. Hall
Staff Assistant
Carl E. Hawkins
Lead Public Health Program Special Leader
Joseph Hirsch
IDI (Program/Project Development Officer)
Joyce A. Hopkins
Budget & Accounting Analyst
Sean Huff
IDI (Program/Project Development Officer
Joann M. Jones
Human Resources Specialist
Darren A. Manning
IDI (Executive Officer)
Jenny Lynn Marion
Special Assistant
Eunice S. McLeod
Administrative Assistant
Mark P. Murray
Administrative Officer
Boniface C. Nwachu
Lead Accountant
Katherine Valdez Osborne
Program Officer
James F. Porter II
Lead Budget Analyst
Jennifer A. Ragland
International Cooperation Specialist
Christopher T. Runyan
Program Analyst
Alfred Munda Sandy
Accountant
Lorraine Sherman
IDI (Executive Officer)
Penny R. Smith
Program Assistant
Rema L. Smith
ITSPEC (APPSW)
Jason K. Stewart
Accountant
Marella Lou Turner
Management and Program Analyst
Gloria Walker
Staff Assistant
Torina Yvette Way
International Cooperation Specialist
Mark A. Webb
Supervisory Security Specialist
Marcelle J. Wijesinghe
Procurement Analyst
Reassigned
Peter Argo
Caucasus to CA/DO
Edward W. Birgells
COMP/FS to Iraq/PO
David M. Bogran
COMP/NE/OJT to RSC/RFMO
Tanya J. Broadnax
M/MPI/MIC to M/CFO/APC
Clifford H. Brown
COMP/FSLT to CA/DO
Julie Chen
Egypt/HRH to Egypt/PO
Mary Rita Cobb
COMP/NE/OJT to Senegal/D
Laura E. Coughlin
COMP/NE/OJT to PHIL/PRM
Natasha M. Demarcken
Guinea/HRD to Mali/GD
Victor De Leon Diaz
COMP/NE/OJT to Guatemala/EXO
Marc L. Douglas
EGAT/PAICO/PI to EGAT/PAICO/PAMS
Peter G. Downs
Afghanistan/OPPD to India/PS
Mervyn A. Farroe
Mali/PROG to Angola
David E. Gosney
Iraq/PSO to Caucasus
Daniel J. Gowen
DOM REP/PDIS to DOM REP/PDO
William C. Hansen
COMP/NE/OJT to Indonesia/EXO
Kent J. Howard
COMP/NE/OJT to RCSA/RCO
Michael Joseph Kaiser
Bolivia/EO SOT to Afghanistan/OPPD
Laura W. Libanati
LAC/CAM to E&E/EA
Angela Lord
CA/HP to Afghanistan/OPPD
Miguel A. Luina
Bolivia/FMO to COMP/FS
Leslie Marbury
COMP/NE/OJT to Honduras/ANRO
William S. Murphy
OIG/A/HL&C to RIG/Manila
Kathryn Panther
Egypt/HDD/H to Egypt/HRH
Amy Paro
COMP/NE/OJT to Nepal/PPD
Kerry A. Pelzman
Russia/SSR to CA/HP
Diane A. Perone
GC/LE to GC/CCM
Roy Plucknett
Egypt/PROC to WB/Gaza
Veena Reddy
COMP/NE/OJT to El Salvador/D
Maria Rendon Labadan
COMP/LWOP to DCHA/DG
Ernest R. Rojas
COMP/FSLT to Bolivia/AD SOT
Christopher T. Runyan
DCHA/PVCASHA/PDM to ANE/SPO/SPPM
James B. Sanford
Mozambique/FM to Peru/CONT
Leona Sasinkova
COMP/DRI to M/OAA/EGAT
Peter E. Schulleri
M/OAA/EGAT to M/OAA/GRO
Walter E. Shepherd
Bolivia/FST to Bangladesh/EGFE
Randy T. Streufert
SEC/PIDS to SEC/OD
Randal Joy Thompson
E&E/DGST to COMP/FS
Diane L. Travis
M/MPI/MIC to M/CFO/APC
Raymond W. Waldron
Ecuador/GD to Ecuador/SDE
Gloria J. White
M/MPI/MIC to M/CFO/APC
Bertha H. Wimbish
AA/E&E to GH/PDMS
Retired
Richard J. Cain
Gardenia H. Franklin
Lurethia Sykes
Moved On
James M. Anderson
Caroline F. Connolly
James Kenneth Isaacs
Peter T. Lampesis
Lauren Landis
Lee D. Roussel
Therese M. Roy
Dianne C. Tsitsos
Sally Elizabeth Verser
David R. Waters
Carol A. Wimbish Datcher
In Memoriam
Reginald J. Brown
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Reginald J. Brown
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Former USAID Assistant Administrator Reginald J. Brown died
Dec. 17 in Solomons, Md. He was 65. From 1989 to 1993, Brown
was an assistant administrator for the Near East Bureau, and
for the Bureau of Policy and Program Coordination.
In 2001, Brown was nominated as the assistant secretary
of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, a post from
which he retired in January 2005. While there he oversaw the
mobilization of more than 300,000 Army Reserve and National
Guard members. He came out of retirement a short time later
and served as a senior executive officer for the Undersecretary
of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, a position he held
until his death.
Brown graduated from West Point and the John F. Kennedy
School of Government at Harvard University. He went on to
serve in the U.S. Army from 1961 to 1971. During that time,
he was an instructor in the Social Sciences Department at
West Point.
While at the Agency, Brown worked on the “AID for Trade”
and “Buy American” initiatives, and helped establish
a USAID presence in the West Bank and Gaza and in Japan, said
John Godden of the Europe and Eurasia Bureau, who worked with
Brown during his time at USAID. “Regi Brown was a man
of enormous integrity with a genuine concern for the people
with whom he worked,” Godden added.
Susie Clay, 60, died Nov. 9 in Calif. Most recently,
and before returning to the United States, Clay served as
the education development officer in USAID/Peru, and immediately
prior to that as the Nicaragua desk officer in the Latin America
and Caribbean Bureau’s Office of Central American and
Mexican Affairs. She also held a number of other key positions
throughout her 18 years at USAID.
Arthur Wesley Tunnell Jr., 89, died Sept. 5 in Fort
Myers, Fla. Tunnell joined USAID as part of the foreign service
and worked as a comptroller in a number of countries, including
Taiwan, Ethiopia, Sudan, Nigeria, Turkey, and Nepal. He was
among the last Americans to leave Khartoum, Sudan, during
the 1968 Arab-Israeli War, and was stationed in Lagos, Nigeria,
during the 1969 Ibo War. He retired from USAID in the mid-1970s.
Tunnell graduated from what is now Drexel University with
a bachelor’s degree in accounting. He also served in
the U.S. Navy during World War II. Before joining USAID, Tunnell
worked for Standard Vacuum Oil Co. (now Mobil Oil Co.) in
Sungei Gerong, Sumatra, Indonesia, for 10 years.
Ronald A. Witherell, 70, died Sept. 16 in Guatemala
City, Guatemala. In 1961, following military service in the
U.S. Air Force, he joined the newly created USAID in the management
intern program. After internship, Witherell was assigned to
the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Office
of Central American Affairs. He subsequently served overseas
in El Salvador, Paraguay, and Chile, before returning to Washington
as a desk officer for Jordan and Lebanon. From 1983 until
his retirement in 1987, Witherell served as a chief general
development officer in Honduras and as an associate mission
director in El Salvador. After retirement, he worked as a
consultant to both USAID/El Salvador and USAID/Guatemala.
Kolbe Says He Will Retire
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U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz., chats with students during
a Nov. 29 visit to the Federal Government Girls’
Model School in Islamabad, Pakistan. The school houses
a USAID-funded early childhood education program. Kolbe
announced he would not seek reelection just before taking
this trip.
Rebecca Gustafson, USAID |
U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz., chairman of the House Foreign
Operations Appropriations Subcommittee and an influential
force on USAID budgets for the last several years, announced
in November that he will not seek another term.
After serving in the House for nearly 22 years, Kolbe said,
“I have concluded that it is time for the people of southern
Arizona and me to walk down different paths.”
Kolbe has worked for more than two decades on legislative
issues. He served on the appropriations subcommittee, helped
shape foreign policy in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks, and participated in crafting the North American Free
Trade Agreement to strengthen ties between Mexico and the
United States.
Kolbe, 63, said he would have had to give up his chairmanship
of the subcommittee at the end of this year anyway because
of term limits—one of the factors in his decision not
to seek reelection. He also cited the decline in civility
among some in Washington as another reason to leave the post
to which he has been reelected 10 times.
Kolbe will continue in the House until his term expires
this year. He said he may teach or do consulting work. He
also told The Arizona Republic that he would not rule
out a role that keeps him involved with international issues.
Hardin Elected to Union Post
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Willy Hardin
Pat Adams, USAID |
Willy Hardin, a transportation claims examiner in the Management
Bureau’s Office of Travel and Transportation, has been
elected first vice president of the American Federation of
Government Employees (AFGE) Local 1534 for USAID. The vote
was held Nov. 30.
Hardin replaces Jeremiah Perry and will fulfill the remaining
term of office, which ends after elections in 2007.
No stranger to the local, Hardin has served as a steward
and as executive vice president, and has assisted employees
and union members in various capacities. Before coming to
USAID 16 years ago, Hardin served 26 years in the Navy and,
after retirement, worked for the Army as a General Schedule
employee.
AFGE Local 1534 represents more than 8,000 GS employees
at USAID, the State Department, and the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation. A new slate of officers was sworn in in May.
Those with USAID ties include the president, Lawrence Williams;
executive vice president, Sylvia Joyner; secretary, Gertrude
Neely; and second vice president for USAID, Margaret Hunt—who
ran against Hardin for the first vice president post in the
special election.
Melnyk Receives Award
Mary Melnyk, a natural resources advisor in the Asia Near
East bureau, received an award from the World Cocoa Foundation
for pioneering a public-private partnership for sustainable
cocoa growing in Southeast Asia.
The foundation announced its 2005 Partnership Awards in
October, honoring Melnyk for the SUCCESS alliance. SUCCESS
stands for Sustainable Cocoa Extension Services for Smallholders.
The alliance works on improving cocoa production by encouraging
small farmers to adopt good crop methods and effective integrated
pest management practices. It is working with more than 340,000
farmers in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Annual
income of farmers in Indonesia has risen on average by $400
per year—equivalent to 50 percent of the current gross
national income per capita for Indonesia.
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Mary Melnyk, an environmental policy advisor in USAID’s
Asia Near East Bureau, recently received an award from
the World Cocoa Foundation for the SUCCESS Alliance
in Asia. Here, she is in a community-protected forest
near Cox’s Bazaar in Bangladesh.
Azharul Mazumder, USAID |
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