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Dina Esposito

Dina Esposito served as assistant administrator of the USAID Bureau for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security and as deputy coordinator of Feed the Future from 2022 to 2024. Her government service also included serving as director of Food for Peace from 2010 to 2016. Dina also previously served as vice president for technical leadership at Mercy Corps.

Latest Articles

Opinion: Food Security
Opinion: Food Security
The next global food crisis will come. The US is not ready
16 Sep 2025
Opinion: Food alone will not solve global hunger. The United States should set a clear strategy that involves both food aid and food security investments.
Resilience
Resilience
Opinion: 4 ways to help communities carve pathways out of crisis
19 Mar 2019
Drawing on learnings from northeast Nigeria, Mercy Corps Vice President Dina Esposito gives four best practices for NGOs working to build resilience in these fragile contexts.
The future of US Aid
The future of US Aid
Opinion: Merging USAID's disaster offices means answering hard questions. Here they are.
28 Mar 2018
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.
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