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The White House, Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release

November 10, 2009

President Obama Announces USAID


Administrator
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama nominated Dr. Rajiv Shah as
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

President Obama said, “The mission of USAID is to advance America’s interests by


strengthening our relationships abroad. Rajiv brings fresh ideas and the dedication and
impressive background necessary to help guide USAID as it works to achieve this
important goal. I am grateful for all that USAID has accomplished under the leadership
of Acting Administrator Alonzo Fulgham, and the thousands of career men and women
who fulfill USAID’s mission day in and day out – particularly their hard work in
jumpstarting a landmark initiative to bring more than $20 billion for agriculture
development to the world's most food-insecure countries. I look forward to working with
Rajiv in the months and years ahead.”

President Obama nominated the following individual today:

Dr. Rajiv Shah, Nominee for Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID)
Dr. Rajiv Shah currently serves as Under Secretary for Research, Education and
Economics and Chief Scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He manages the
Agricultural Research Service, the Economic Research Service, the National Agricultural
Statistical Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. He is responsible
for managing more than 10,000 staff worldwide including 2,200 federal scientists and a
budget of more than $2.6 billion. He also leads the Department’s participation in
President Obama’s global food security initiative. In his tenure at USDA, Dr. Shah
launched the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) – a new scientific
institute created to elevate and enhance the capacity of agricultural research to address
sustainable food production, climate change, bioenergy and human nutrition. Prior to
joining the Obama Administration, Dr. Shah served as the Director for Agricultural
Development at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Previously, Dr. Shah served as
the foundation’s first Director for Financial Services to the Poor and led the Strategic
Opportunities initiative through which he worked with foundation co-chairs to identify,
assess and recommend new areas of giving. Prior to joining the Foundation, Dr. Shah
worked on health care policy for the Gore 2000 presidential campaign and served as a
member of Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell's transition committee on health. He is a co-
founder of Health Systems Analytics and Project IMPACT for South Asian Americans.
In addition, he has served as a policy aide in the British Parliament and worked at the
World Health Organization. Dr. Shah earned his M.D. from the University of
Pennsylvania Medical School and his Master of Science in health economics at the
Wharton School of Business. He has attended the London School of Economics, and is a
graduate of the University of Michigan.

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