KAREN R. HILLIARD IS A NEW USAID/ARMENIA MISSION DIRECTOR
/ARKA/
September 11, 2012
YERVAN
YEREVAN, September 11. /ARKA/. USAID/Armenia welcomed the new Mission
Director, Dr. Karen R. Hilliard to Armenia on September 10, 2012,
the U.S. Embassy in Armenia reported Tuesday.
"Dr. Hilliard will oversee the Mission's project portfolio in support
of democracy and governance reform, economic development, and health
and social reform," according to the source.
With over twenty years in Foreign Service, Dr. Hilliard most recently
served as the Acting USAID Representative in Mongolia. She was the
Mission Director to Jamaica from 2007-2011, where she managed a
multi-million program in economic reform, democracy and governance
and investing in people.
Prior to that, she was Director of the Office of Strategic Planning
and Budgeting for the Agency's Bureau for Global Health in Washington,
and from 2003-2006 she was Deputy Regional Director for Ukraine,
Moldova and Belarus. Her previous posts also include Haiti, Malawi,
Nicaragua, Oman and Egypt.
Dr. Hilliard is the author of numerous articles on public
administration, personnel management and international development.
Prior to joining the Foreign Service, she was Assistant Professor
of Public Administration at Florida State University and Lecturer in
Political Science at the University of Arizona.
/ARKA/
September 11, 2012
YERVAN
YEREVAN, September 11. /ARKA/. USAID/Armenia welcomed the new Mission
Director, Dr. Karen R. Hilliard to Armenia on September 10, 2012,
the U.S. Embassy in Armenia reported Tuesday.
"Dr. Hilliard will oversee the Mission's project portfolio in support
of democracy and governance reform, economic development, and health
and social reform," according to the source.
With over twenty years in Foreign Service, Dr. Hilliard most recently
served as the Acting USAID Representative in Mongolia. She was the
Mission Director to Jamaica from 2007-2011, where she managed a
multi-million program in economic reform, democracy and governance
and investing in people.
Prior to that, she was Director of the Office of Strategic Planning
and Budgeting for the Agency's Bureau for Global Health in Washington,
and from 2003-2006 she was Deputy Regional Director for Ukraine,
Moldova and Belarus. Her previous posts also include Haiti, Malawi,
Nicaragua, Oman and Egypt.
Dr. Hilliard is the author of numerous articles on public
administration, personnel management and international development.
Prior to joining the Foreign Service, she was Assistant Professor
of Public Administration at Florida State University and Lecturer in
Political Science at the University of Arizona.