Ann Vaughan
Ann Vaughan
Ann Vaughan joined the Biden-Harris Administration in February, 2021 and works in USAID’s Bureau for the Resilience and Food Security (RFS) as a Senior Advisor for Climate Change. The Bureau for Resilience and Food Security works with a host of partners to advance inclusive agriculture-led growth, resilience, nutrition, and water security, sanitation and hygiene in priority countries to help them accelerate and protect development progress, including against the impacts of climate change. Ann is leading USAID’s efforts to implement the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE) as well as working across RFS to elevate and integrate climate actions across the Bureau’s Agriculture, Water and Nutrition Centers and is working to ensure USAID’s new Climate Strategy. Prior to joining USAID, Ann worked at Mercy Corps, served as a field officer for USAID in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and as a Congressional staffer working on foreign aid appropriations. She started her international development experience as a Health Peace Corps Volunteer in Quilali, Nicaragua. She has her Masters in International Development Studies with a focus on post-conflict reconstruction from George Washington University and Undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary.