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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, June 15, 2021\/ \u2014 The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) is pleased to announce the appointment of Beth Dunford as Vice President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development, effective July 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

Ms Dunford, a national of the United States of America, brings extensive experience to this role. She has held senior level leadership positions in the U.S. government, where she managed large and complex programmes, working with the private sector, civil society, and multilateral and bilateral institutions, as well as with African governments, to deliver agricultural, social and human development impact at scale.<\/p>\n

Prior to her appointment<\/a>, Ms Dunford worked as the Assistant to the Administrator in the U.S. Agency for International Development\u2019s (USAID\u2019s) Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, as well as the Deputy Coordinator for Development for Feed the Future, the U.S. government\u2019s global hunger and food security initiative. In this dual role, she coordinated Feed the Future across multiple U.S. government agencies, oversaw a $1 billion annual budget and leveraged millions of direct private sector investment annually. In this capacity, she also coordinated a $2.3 billion Feed the Future presidential initiative across 11 U.S. government agencies and forged partnerships within the private sector and civil society targeted at reducing hunger and poverty. She also led USAID\u2019s technical and regional expertise focused on improving agriculture-led growth, resilience, nutrition and water security, sanitation and hygiene.<\/p>\n

A career member of the senior foreign service at USAID, Dunford previously served as Director of USAID\u2019s Mission in Nepal, leading the U.S. government\u2019s health, education, agriculture and environment programs as well as its contribution to Nepal\u2019s massive earthquake recovery and reconstruction effort. She also worked in Afghanistan as Agriculture and Alternative Livelihoods Program Director, USAID\/Afghanistan, where she directed agriculture, resilience and emergency food assistance programs.<\/p>\n

Ms Dunford has also served in Ethiopia as Director, Office of Assets and Livelihoods, USAID\/Ethiopia, where she led government officials, scholars, donors and NGOs, to craft the programme, now a model used worldwide to map how emergency and development operations can collaborate to build communities\u2019 resilience to recurrent crises. Ms Dunford also held a number of roles in Washington, including Deputy Assistant to the Administrator in the Bureau for Food Security and Senior Development Advisor to the Secretary of State\u2019s Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Ms Dunford also worked as Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Chief Operating Officer and as Regional Development Advisor, East Africa, USAID\/Washington.<\/p>\n

Commenting on her appointment, Ms Dunford said: \u201cI am excited to join the African Development Bank Group and be part of the senior management team. I am passionate about the Bank\u2019s development agenda that has attracted global attention as bold and innovative for accelerating Africa\u2019s development. I am honored to be part of the team to further achieve social and economic transformation on the continent.\u201d<\/p>\n

The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, said, \u201cI am delighted to appoint Dr. Beth Dunford as Vice President to lead the Bank\u2019s work on Agriculture, Human and Social Development. Beth is a strategic and effective leader with deep knowledge and impressive track record in designing and delivering highly impactful large-scale programs that have helped in lifting 27 million people out of poverty in 36 countries. With over 20 years experience working and delivering programs globally with a focus in Africa, she brings hands-on leadership and drive that will further accelerate our work to deliver greater development impacts.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, June 15, 2021\/ \u2014 The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) is pleased to announce the appointment of Beth Dunford as Vice President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development, effective July 1, 2021. Ms Dunford, a national of the United States of America, brings extensive experience to this role. 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