Trade and Development Agency

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TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

Suite 200, 1621 North Kent Street, Arlington, VA 22209-2131

Phone, 703-875-4357. Fax, 703-875-4009.

Internet, www.tda.gov. E-mail, info@tda.gov.

Internet, www.tda.gov. E-mail, info@tda.gov.

Director Thelma J. Askey

Deputy Director Barbara Bradford

Chief of Staff Carl B. Kress

General Counsel Leocadia I. Zak

Assistant Director for Management Operations Larry Bevan

Director of Public Affairs Kelley Poole

Congressional Liaison (vacancy)

Regional Directors:

Africa and Middle East Henry D. Steingass

Central, Eastern, and Southern Ned Cabot

Europe

Eurasia Daniel D. Stein

Asia Geoffrey Jackson

Latin America and Caribbean Albert W. Angulo

Economist/Evaluation Officer David Denny

Financial Manager Noreen St. Louis

Contracting Officer Della Glenn

Administrative Officer Carolyn Hum

Grants Administrator Patricia Smith

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The Trade and Development Agency's mission is to promote economic development in, and simultaneously export U.S. goods and services to, developingand middle-income nations in the following regions of the world: Africa/Middle East, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Eurasia.

The Trade and Development Program was established on July 1, 1980, as a component organization of the International Development Cooperation Agency. Section 2204 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of

1988 (22 U.S.C. 2421) made it a separate component agency. The organization was renamed the Trade and Development Agency (TDA) and made an independent agency within the executive branch of the Federal Government on October 28, 1992, by the Jobs Through Exports Act of 1992

(22 U.S.C. 2421)

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency promotes American private sector participation in developing and middle-income countries, with special emphasis on economic sectors that represent significant U.S. export potential. TDA works with U.S. companies to assist them in building mutually beneficial relationships with overseas projects sponsors, which results in increased U.S. exports and jobs and the completion of high-quality, successful projects in host countries.

In addition, TDA works with other U.S. Government agencies, such as the Departments of State and Commerce, the U.S. Trade Representative, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, to accomplish its mission.

TDA provides a variety of...