Jeremy Konyndyk

Jeremy Konyndyk is a senior policy fellow at the Center for Global Development. He previously served in the Obama administration from 2013-2017 as the director of USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, where he led the U.S. government’s response to international disasters.

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Opinion: Merging USAID's disaster offices means answering hard questions. Here they are.

almost 8 years ago // The future of US Aid

The most recent directors of the United States Agency for International Development's disaster relief offices — the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance and the Office of Food for Peace — outline five questions stakeholders in Congress and the relief community must ask before merging them into one standalone humanitarian assistance bureau.

Opinion: 4 pragmatic steps to jump-start foreign assistance reform

over 8 years ago // The future of US aid

Center for Global Development Senior Policy Fellows Cindy Huang and Jeremy Konyndyk spent years managing foreign assistance operations for the United States government. Here's their roadmap for development assistance reform.

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