Donald Steinberg

Donald Steinberg, former American ambassador to Angola,[1] is the former president and CEO of World Learning.[2]

Education

Steinberg has a master's degrees in journalism from Columbia University and economic development from the University of Toronto and a bachelor's degree in economics from Reed College.[3]

Career

Steinberg has worked for more than forty years in government as well as non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Before he worked at World Learning, he was deputy administrator at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Other jobs for the US government include director of the US Department of State's Joint Policy Council, White House deputy press secretary, and National Security Council senior director for African Affairs. Other positions include being deputy president for policy at the International Crisis Group, a Randolph Jennings senior fellow at the US Institute of Peace, and advisor to the Women's Refugee Commission, the UN Development Fund for Women, the UN Civil Society Advisory Group for Women, Peace and Security, and the Institute for Inclusive Security.[2]

When he arrived as Ambassador in Angola in 1995, it was his opinion that the people working for the American oil companies “were, in fact, the American ambassadors to Angola in that period. ... The only real relationship was through the oil companies.”[1]

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References
  1. Zacharia, Janine (September 15, 2009). "U.S. Sees Opportunities in Angola". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  2. "AMBASSADOR DONALD STEINBERG". Our Secure Future. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  3. "Women's Refugee Commission - Our Board Amb. Donald Steinberg". Women’s Refugee Commission. Retrieved 10 January 2020.


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