Gayle Smith

President Barack Obama nominated Gayle Smith (Engl) this spring as administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Of her work, the President said, “I’ve worked closely with Gayle for nearly a decade, and for the past six years Gayle has served as a senior leader on international development, humanitarian crisis response and democracy issues on my National Security Council staff.” Since 2009, Gayle has served as special assistant to the President and senior director for development and democracy on the National Security Council staff, where she is responsible for global development, democracy and humanitarian assistance issues.