New USAID mission head takes up duties
BAKU – Michael Greene assumed his position as the new Mission Director for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Azerbaijan, the agency reported.
With the arrival of the new Mission Director, USAID Azerbaijan - formerly part of the regional USAID Caucasus Mission in Tbilisi - will become a fully independent Mission, it said.
Prior to being named as Mission Director, Greene served as Director of the Regional Platform for Western Afghanistan starting in 2009 where he oversaw all USAID stabilization and development field staff, activities, and office operations. He was the Director of the Office of Alternative Development Programs from 2005-2009, in Peru.
As Mission Director for Azerbaijan, Greene will oversee USAID's programs to support Azerbaijan's transition to a broad-based, market-driven democracy. USAID programs engage citizens, expand jobs, increase incomes, and improve the health and quality of life of Azerbaijan's people, USAID reported.
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