Beth Dunford

Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Food Security
Deputy Coordinator of Development for Feed the Future
US Agency for International Development (USAID)

Beth Dunford is the assistant to the administrator in the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Bureau for Food Security, as well as the deputy coordinator for development for Feed the Future, the US Government’s global hunger and food security initiative. In this dual role, she coordinates implementation of Feed the Future across the US Government, oversees its execution, reports on results, and leads engagement with the external community. She also oversees USAID’s technical and regional expertise on food security. A career Foreign Service Officer, Dunford previously served as director of USAID’s Mission in Nepal, overseeing the country’s massive earthquake recovery and reconstruction effort. She has also served in Ethiopia and Afghanistan, where she directed agriculture, resilience, and emergency food assistance programs, as well as in a number of roles in Washington, DC. She has a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and a doctorate in sociology from Michigan State University.