Dina Esposito

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

The US is breaking a lifesaving global food aid system

The US is breaking a lifesaving global food aid system

2 months ago // Opinion: Food systems

Opinion: Moving Food for Peace, a key humanitarian program that has survived cuts to U.S. aid so far, to the U.S. Department of Agriculture would be a grave mistake.

The next global food crisis will come. The US is not ready

The next global food crisis will come. The US is not ready

5 months ago // Opinion: Food Security

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.

Opinion: 4 ways to help communities carve pathways out of crisis

Opinion: 4 ways to help communities carve pathways out of crisis

almost 7 years ago // Resilience

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.

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

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.