The Acting Deputy
Administrator for the United States Agency for International Development
(USAID), James Kunder, today administered the oath of office to Janina
Jaruzelski as Mission Director for the USAID Regional Mission in Ukraine.
"USAID is sending one of its most talented leaders to Kiev," said
Kunder. "Janina has the qualifications, experience, technical expertise,
and creativity to lead our Regional Mission in Kiev and our Country Offices
in Moldova and Belarus - in partnership with the peoples of Ukraine,
Moldova, and Belarus - to build more democratic, stable, and prosperous
societies in this critical region."
As Mission Director of the Regional Mission in Ukraine, Jaruzelski will
oversee nearly $80 million in projects in Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus. The
Regional Mission provides assistance in areas including democracy,
governance, economic growth, energy infrastructure, health, education,
HIV/AIDS and counter-trafficking in persons.
A member of the Senior Foreign Service, Jaruzelski began working for
USAID in 1995 and has extensive experience in the Europe and Eurasia
Region, after having served as Acting Mission Director, Deputy Mission
Director and Regional Legal Advisor for USAID/Russia as well as Legal
Advisor to the Europe and Eurasia Bureau of USAID/Washington. Jaruzelski
has also served in Egypt and Yemen.
Ms. Jaruzelski graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University and
holds a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to her
service at USAID, Jaruzelski was Counsel to the U.S. House of
Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee, and served as Assistant
Counsel to the Clerk of the U.S., House of Representatives. She also worked
at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and at
Macmillan Publishing Company.
The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International
Development, have provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide
for nearly 50 years.
SOURCE U.S. Agency for International Development
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