USAID names new Ghana Mission Director

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has appointed James A. Bever as its new Mission Director for Ghana.

Mr Bever has subsequently been sworn in officially to take up his new post.

He replaces Ms Cheryl Anderson who now heads USAID’s Southern Africa Mission in Pretoria, South Africa. Ms Anderson spent four years in Ghana as the Mission Director.

In his new capacity, James Bever will oversee USAID’s Ghana-specific programmes in areas of agriculture, governance, economic growth, education, and health, the US agency said September 10, 2013.

Prior to this assignment, Mr. Bever served for two years as USAID Faculty in the Department of Security Strategy, for the National War College.

His extensive experience includes posts as Mission Director in Egypt, West Bank and Gaza, and Afghanistan.

Mr. Bever has also served USAID in its Washington D.C. headquarters as Acting Assistant to the Administrator for Afghanistan and Pakistan and Deputy Assistant Administrator for both the Middle East and Asia Near East Bureaus.

Mr. Bever first joined USAID in 1982 as a Science and Technology Officer in the Near East Bureau.

By Ekow Quandzie