Christopher M Cushing, former USAID Mission Director in Ecuador has been appointed Mission Director for USAID Eastern and Southern Caribbean effective October 21.
According to a press release from the US Embassy, Cushing, who is based in Bridgetown, Barbados, served in in Ecuador from August 2013 to September 2014. Prior to this, he served as the Director of the Strategy, Budget and Program Office for USAID’s Latin American and the Caribbean Bureau (LAC) programs, before which he served as Deputy Director of LAC’s Regional Sustainable Development office which comprised technical and sectorial staff, the release said.
He was also strategy team leader for Latin America and the Caribbean Strategy, Budget and Program Office and a Supervisory Program Officer in Panama and Honduras. Prior to joining USAID, Cushing served as a Peace Corps Training Coordinator in Paraguay and Costa Rica, and in Slovakia and the Baltics as Program and Training Officer.
Meanwhile, the US Embassy also informed of the name change of the USAID office from USAID Barbados and Eastern Caribbean to USAID Eastern and Southern Caribbean. It said the new name now more appropriately reflects the countries in which USAID assistance programs are implemented, including the Southern Caribbean countries of Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and where US Embassies with USAID coordinates are also present.
