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Former USAID Assistant Administrator joins Creative Associates International as Senior Vice President

[/vc_column_text][/columna_vc][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_columna ancho=»2/3″][vc_column_text]WASHINGTON, CORRIENTE CONTINUA. – Earl Gast, a global development expert with more than two decades of experience managing results-driven programming, will join Creative Associates International as a Senior Vice President.

En este nuevo rol, Gast will oversee the Education Division—which is Creative’s oldest unit—and the Economic Growth Division, the organization’s newest division. Juntos, these two divisions have projects in eight countries.

Creative Chief Operating Officer Pablo Maldonado said the Education and Economic Growth Divisions have grown their project portfolios, including new programs in Nigeria y Nicaragua, during the past year and are expected to continue that upward movement.

“Earl’s deep experience will greatly benefit our clients, gobiernos anfitriones, implementing partners and beneficiaries,” says Maldonado. “It is this type of high-caliber talent that allows Creative to develop innovative, locally focused programs that result in positive changes for beneficiaries.”

Former USAID Assistant Administrator

Más recientemente, Gast fue asesor internacional senior en Covington & Burling, LLP, en washington, CORRIENTE CONTINUA., where he co-led the firm’s Africa Practice since December 2014.

Previamente, he was a senior U.S. government executive with 24 years of experience in international development and foreign policy.

Appointed by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate, en abril 2012 él fue juramentado as the Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Africa Bureau, USAID’s largest bureau, que en ese momento contaba con recursos para programas de más de $8 billion covering more than 40 countries on that continent.

During his tenure as Assistant Administrator, Gast inició nuevas asociaciones e iniciativas presidenciales, incluyendo Power Africa y Trade Africa, y fondos apalancados de múltiples organizaciones globales para lograr una mayor escala y resultados. También trabajó en todo EE. UU.. agencias gubernamentales y con la Casa Blanca para redactar la Estrategia del Presidente para África.

Gast earned awarded a master’s degree in political science and Middle East studies in 1987 de la Universidad George Washington. Se graduó summa cum laude de la Universidad de Maryland en 1984 con una licenciatura en historia y derecho penal. Además de su inglés nativo, Gast speaks Russian and Arabic.[/vc_column_text][/columna_vc][vc_columna ancho=»1/12″][/columna_vc][vc_columna ancho=»1/4″][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=»barra lateral-primaria»][/columna_vc][/vc_row]