Continuation of Carol C. Adelman as an Assistant Administrator of the Agency for International Development

The President today announced that Dr. Carol C. Adelman will continue to serve as an Assistant Administrator for Asia and the Near East at the Agency for International Development, United States International Development Cooperation Agency.

Since 1988 Dr. Adelman has served as Assistant Administrator for Asia and the Near East at the Agency for International Development. Prior to this, she was a lecturer and author on international economic development, 1985 - 1988; and a consultant for the U.S. Government and the private sector on international health and nutrition, 1983 - 1988. Between 1971 and 1981, Dr. Adelman held several positions with the Agency for International Development, including nutrition adviser for the Near East Bureau of the Agency for International Development, 1978 - 1981; program analyst for the Office of Nutrition, 1975 - 1977; assistant program officer, 1972 - 1975; special assistant to the Assistant Administrator of the Africa Bureau, 1971 - 1972; and program analyst for the Office of Development Planning, 1971.

Dr. Adelman graduated from the University of Colorado (B.A., 1968), Georgetown University (M.S., 1970), and Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health (M.P.H., 1979; Ph.D., 1984). She was born September 16, 1946, in Evanston, IL. She is married and has two children.