Andrew Herscowitz is DFC's first Chief Development Officer

The Board of Directors of US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has approved Andrew Herscowitz to serve as the agency’s first Chief Development Officer.

Prior to DFC, he served as Coordinator of Power Africa, where he led the US government initiative’s efforts to double access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Previously, Herscowitz served as a USAID Regional Legal Advisor and Mission Director for various countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. 

He also served as an attorney for USAID’s Development Credit Authority and worked on the legal team that designed the original framework for the nonprofit Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.