As the hub of global DRG, the Center focuses its efforts on advancing policy changes, working with over 90 field missions worldwide to developing innovative programs and sponsoring cutting edge research project through a vibrant network of academic partners and implementing organizations. The Center also supports field missions in the design of new DRG strategies and field assessments, manages global mechanisms, provides technical support during periods of crisis or opportunity, and conducts evaluations of mission programs.
Institutional Representative: Danielle Reiff, Chief of the Learning Division
Over the past 15 years as a Foreign Service Officer with USAID, Ms. Danielle Reiff has managed democratic governance, human rights, and peacebuilding programs in Uganda, Colombia, the Republic of Georgia, South Sudan and Sri Lanka. Currently she is Chief of the Learning Division in USAID’s Center of Excellence for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance. She served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Burkina Faso from 1998-2000. She was a member of the inaugural class of Rotary Peace Fellows as she earned her Master’s degree in International Relations and Development Studies from the Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) in Paris, France. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She lives in Washington D.C.
As the hub of global DRG, the Center focuses its efforts on advancing policy changes, working with over 90 field missions worldwide to developing innovative programs and sponsoring cutting edge research project through a vibrant network of academic partners and implementing organizations. The Center also supports field missions in the design of new DRG strategies and field assessments, manages global mechanisms, provides technical support during periods of crisis or opportunity, and conducts evaluations of mission programs. Institutional Representative: Danielle Reiff, Chief of the Learning Division Over the past 15 years as a Foreign Service Officer with USAID, Ms. Danielle Reiff…