Cheryl Anderson

Cheryl Anderson was sworn in as mission director for USAID/Ghana in 2009.  Prior to her appointment, Anderson was the director of the USAID East Africa Regional Mission in Kenya since June 2006.  Anderson also served as deputy mission director for USAID/East Africa from 2004 to2006.

Anderson has over 20 years of development experience, mostly in Africa. Her experience in Africa began in Ghana as a Peace Corps volunteer, where she taught math and French at Archbishop Porter Girls’ High School in Takoradi from 1981 to 1983.

Since joining USAID as a foreign service officer in 1988, Anderson has worked in USAID missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Sudan, and Kenya. She  also served as the deputy director in the East Asia Office at USAID headquarters in Washington DC.  Before joining USAID, Anderson worked as a program manager for Healthlink Worldwide, a UK-based nongovernmental organization.

Anderson received a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from Colgate University in Hamilton, New York and a Master of Science in International Development Management from American University in Washington, DC.