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USAID Ghana gets new Country Director
Accra, Aug. 27, GNA - Ms Cheryl Anderson, a
former Peace Corps Volunteer in Ghana, has been appointed
the new USAID/Ghana Mission Country Director.
Prior to her appointment, Ms Anderson was the USAID/East
Africa Regional Mission Director in Kenya since June, 2006,
a statement issued to the Ghana News Agency in Accra by the
US Embassy said.
The statement said Ms Anderson joined USAID/East Africa in
November 2004 as Deputy Director.
Ms Anderson’s responsibilities would include managing USAID
programmes in Ghana which partners the country in
strengthening good governance, promoting improved
agricultural practices and food security, improving health
care delivery, and enhancing basic education.
She 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 Mathematics and French at
Archbishop Porter Girls’ High School in Takoradi from 1981
to 1983.
Since joining USAID as a Foreign Service Officer in 1988,
the new USAID/Ghana Mission Director has served in the
Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Sudan and Kenya.
She has also served as the Deputy Director in the East Asia
Office of the Asia and the Near East Bureau at USAID
headquarters in Washington D.C.
Ms Anderson has also worked as the programmes manager for
Healthlink Worldwide, a UK-based non-governmental
organization.
She holds Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations
from Colgate University and Master of Science in
International Development Management from American
University.
GNA
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