Michael T. Harvey

Michael T. Harvey was appointed USAID mission director in West Bank and Gaza in August 2010.  A career Foreign Service Officer, Harvey previously served as mission director in Serbia and Montenegro since August 2007.  He served as deputy mission director in Iraq from 2006 to 2007, and deputy mission director in Jordan from 2004 to 2006.  Harvey also served as the USAID country representative in Tajikistan (2000-2004); as well as serving in Haiti, Ethiopia and Washington, D.C.

Before joining USAID, Harvey worked in the Office of Press and Public Affairs for the White House Conference on Small Business.

Harvey earned a master’s from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, and a bachelor's from the University of Texas at Austin. He has received numerous awards from the Department of State and USAID for exceptional service.