Global InformationMarcela Escobari information
Marcela Escobari | |
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| Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development for Latin America and the Caribbean | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 13, 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | John Barsa |
| In office May 17, 2016 – January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Mark Feierstein |
| Succeeded by | John Barsa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 16, 1973 Santa Cruz, Bolivia |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Swarthmore College (BA) Harvard University (MPP) |
Marcela X. Escobari (born November 16, 1973) is a Bolivian-American government official and diplomat currently serving as the Assistant Administrator of the Latin American and Caribbean Bureau at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) since January 13, 2022. She previously worked as a Senior Fellow in the Center for Sustainable Development at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., where she led the Workforce of the Future initiative.[1]
She served as the Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean from May 2016 to January 2017 after being nominated by President Barack Obama on December 7, 2015 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 17, 2016.[2] Previously, she was the Executive Director of the Center for International Development at Harvard University.[3] Before that, she led the Americas region and served on the Executive Committee of the OTF Group (formerly Monitor Group) and worked as a financial analyst at J.P. Morgan Chase & Company.[1]
In April 12, 2021, President Joseph Biden announced his intent to nominate Escobari to serve in her former role at USAID.[4] On July 28, 2021, the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held a hearing regarding her nomination. On December 18, 2021, her nomination was confirmed in the Senate.[5]
- ^ a b "Marcela Escobari". Brookings. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ "PN1005 — Marcela Escobari — United States Agency for International Development 114th Congress (2015-2016)". US Congress. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ Center for International Development, Harvard University (2016). "Senate Confirms Marcela Escobari as Head of USAID Bureau for LAC".
- ^ "President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate 11 Key Administration Leaders on National Security and Law Enforcement". The White House. 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ "PN415 — Marcela Escobari — United States Agency for International Development 117th Congress (2021-2022)". US Congress. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2022.