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| − | |website=https://www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/organization/gayle-e-smith
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| − | |description=[[USAID]] leader
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| − | |title=Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
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| − | '''Gayle E. Smith''' was [[Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development]], an organization with deep ties to the intelligence services, until 2017. There she worked to "strengthen democratic institutions"<ref>https://www.mcc.gov/about/profile/gayle-e-smith</ref>, which in intelligence parlance normally means the opposite. Later she became leader of the [[ONE Campaign]].
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| − | Smith was previously the special assistant to the President of the United States and Senior Director for Development and Democracy (i.e. for [[regime changes]]) at the [[United States National Security Council|U.S. National Security Council]] <ref>https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/author/Gayle%20Smith</ref>
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| − | ==Career==
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| − | Before her work on the NSC Smith founded the sustainable security program at the think tank [[Center for American Progress]], and co-founded the [[ENOUGH project]] and the [[Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network]]. She also worked as a journalist and with NGOs in Africa for more than 20 years,<ref>https://www.one.org/us/person/gayle-e-smith/</ref> where she covered military, economic, and political affairs for the [[BBC]], [[Associated Press]], [[Reuters]], [[Boston Globe]], [[Christian Science Monitor]], [[Toronto Globe & Mail]], [[London Observer]], and [[Financial Times]].<ref>https://www.mcc.gov/about/profile/gayle-e-smith</ref>
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| − | On April 30, 2015, President Obama announced his nomination of Smith to be the new administrator for the [[United States Agency for International Development]] (USAID), to succeed [[Rajiv Shah|Dr. Rajiv Shah]], who resigned the post in February 2015.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/world/obama-to-nominate-gayle-smith-to-lead-usaid.html</ref> There was some opposition to her appointment.<ref>http://www.ibtimes.com/amid-ethiopia-elections-2015-obamas-usaid-nominee-gayle-smith-slammed-supporting-1927748</ref><ref>http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/241633-senate-should-not-confirm-gayle-smith</ref> The Senate delayed confirmation.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/world/partisan-tussle-keeps-top-us-aid-job-vacant.html</ref> Smith was later confirmed on November 30, 2015.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/01/us/politics/senate-confirms-gayle-e-smith-as-head-of-usaid.html?_r=0</ref><ref>https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2015/11/250163.htm</ref>
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| − | Smith joined the ONE Campaign on March 28, 2017 succeeding [[Michael J. Elliott|Michael J. Elliot]].
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| − | ==Other affiliations==
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| − | Smith is a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] and has served on the boards of [[Oxfam America]], the [[Africa America Institute]], [[ASSET]], [[USA for Africa]], and the [[National Security Network]]. She has also consulted for a range of [[NGOs]], foundations, and governmental organizations including [[UNICEF]], the [[World Bank]], [[Dutch Interchurch Aid]], [[Norwegian Church Relief]], and the [[Canadian Council for International Cooperation]].
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| − | She also served on the policy and advisory boards of DATA, the [[Acumen Fund]], and the [[Global Fairness Initiative]], and was the Working Group Chair on Global Poverty for the [[Clinton Global Initiative]] from [[2005]] to [[2007]].<ref>https://www.mcc.gov/about/profile/gayle-e-smith</ref>
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