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President and CEO
Samuel A. Worthington
Chair
Neal Keny-Guyer
Mercy Corps
Vice Chair
Carolyn Miles
Save the Children
June 5, 2015
Dear Senators McConnell, Reid, Corker and Cardin:
We, the undersigned members and partners of InterAction, write to urge you to
swiftly confirm Gayle E. Smith to be the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID).
Treasurer
Tessie San Martin
Plan International USA
Board of Directors
William Abrams
Trickle Up
Nancy Aossey
International Medical Corps
Shawna Bader-Blau
Solidarity Center
As an alliance of more than 180 U.S.-based non-governmental and faith-based
organizations working in every developing country in the world, we believe Ms.
Smith is uniquely qualified to lead USAID and further its mission to end extreme
poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies.
J Ron Byler
Mennonite Central Committee
U.S.
Steve Davis
PATH
Deborah Derrick
Given the ongoing humanitarian crises in Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, and South Sudan,
as well as the recent crises in Nepal and Yemen, it is critically important that the
U.S. Senate take quick action to confirm Ms. Smith as USAID Administrator.
Moreover, a full-time leader with the ability to represent the agency before
Congress and OMB, as well as representing the U.S. in international fora, will only
strengthen U.S. leadership on global initiatives focused on helping people in the
world’s poorest places become independent and reach their full potential.
Friends of the Global Fight
Against AIDS, Tuberculosis
and Malaria
Michael Elliott
ONE
Pierre Ferrari
Heifer International
Pape Gaye
IntraHealth International, Inc.
Cindy Hallberlin
Ms. Smith has demonstrated deep commitment and expertise in global
development and humanitarian assistance through her decades of service as a
journalist, advocate, and National Security Council (NSC) advisor. As the Senior
Director for Development and Democracy on the National Security Council, CoFounder of the ENOUGH Project, Co-Founder of the Modernizing Foreign
Assistance Network, and member of the HELP Commission, Ms. Smith has worked
with our community to ensure robust U.S. leadership to improve the effectiveness,
transparency, and accountability of official development assistance, effective
responses to humanitarian crises, and support for developing countries to build
sustainable futures.
Good360
George Hamilton
Institute for Sustainable
Communities
Susan Hayes
ReSurge International
W. Douglas Jackson
Project C.U.R.E.
Elizabeth MacNairn
Handicap International USA
Ruth Messinger
American Jewish World
Service
Jonathan Quick
We respectfully request that the U.S. Senate confirm Gayle E. Smith to the post of
USAID Administrator as soon as possible. Because American humanitarian and
development programs are vital to U.S. national, economic, and moral interests,
this confirmation must not be delayed.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, which ensures the U.S. commitment to
assist the world’s poor and hungry is sustained and strengthened through Ms.
Smith’s leadership of USAID.
Management Sciences for
Health
Jonathan Reckford
Habitat for Humanity
William S. Reese
International Youth
Foundation
Douglas Rutzen
International Center for Notfor-Profit Law
Alison Smith
InsideNGO
Sincerely,
Donald Steinberg
World Learning
Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken
Transnational NGO Initiative
David Weiss
Global Communities
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