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    USAID deputy administrator to leave agency

    USAID's second-in-command, Paloma Adams Allen, plans to leave the agency. Her role will be filled on an acting basis by chief of staff Dennis Vega.

    By Michael Igoe // 23 April 2024
    The U.S. Agency for International Development’s leadership team is undergoing a shake-up in the final year of U.S. President Joe Biden’s first term. Deputy Administrator Paloma Adams Allen plans to leave the agency, according to three sources with knowledge of her decision. Adams Allen is USAID’s second in command — who supervises the overall management, budgeting, and day-to-day operations of the agency and serves as USAID’s chief operating officer. Two of the sources told Devex that her position will be filled on an acting basis by Dennis Vega, currently USAID’s chief of staff. Vega’s chief of staff role will in turn be handed over to Rebecca Chalif, who currently serves as the deputy assistant administrator for legislative and public affairs. It is a rare reshuffle within USAID Administrator Samantha Power’s politically appointed “front office,” which comes at a time before November’s election when it is typical to see personnel changes in a presidential administration. Adams Allen has served as deputy administrator since October 2021. She was appointed as part of a restructuring that saw the creation of a second deputy position under Power. Adams Allen holds the preexisting deputy role, while a second deputy administrator, Isobel Coleman, provides strategic guidance to the agency’s functional and regional bureaus. Asked by Devex to confirm the forthcoming changes or share additional information, USAID’s press team declined to comment.

    The U.S. Agency for International Development’s leadership team is undergoing a shake-up in the final year of U.S. President Joe Biden’s first term.

    Deputy Administrator Paloma Adams Allen plans to leave the agency, according to three sources with knowledge of her decision. Adams Allen is USAID’s second in command — who supervises the overall management, budgeting, and day-to-day operations of the agency and serves as USAID’s chief operating officer.

    Two of the sources told Devex that her position will be filled on an acting basis by Dennis Vega, currently USAID’s chief of staff. Vega’s chief of staff role will in turn be handed over to Rebecca Chalif, who currently serves as the deputy assistant administrator for legislative and public affairs.

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      Michael Igoe is a Senior Reporter with Devex, based in Washington, D.C. He covers U.S. foreign aid, global health, climate change, and development finance. Prior to joining Devex, Michael researched water management and climate change adaptation in post-Soviet Central Asia, where he also wrote for EurasiaNet. Michael earned his bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College, where he majored in Russian, and his master’s degree from the University of Montana, where he studied international conservation and development.

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