After four years as the Director of the Feinstein International Center and a lifetime of commitment to public service, Greg Gottlieb is retiring on July 30, 2021. Greg brought passion…
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Greg Gottlieb served as the Director of the Feinstein International Center from 2017 to 2021 and was responsible for the overall direction of the center. During his tenure as director, his research and teaching focused on the politics of humanitarian and development assistance, the current and future personnel implications for humanitarian response and development programs, and leadership needs in humanitarian response.
Throughout his career, Greg worked to improve food security, humanitarian, and transition programs. Prior to joining Tufts, Greg served as the Acting Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID/DCHA). Prior to that, he served as the Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for DCHA. Since he began with USAID in 1988, he has held a variety of other positions, including Mission Director in Pakistan and Namibia, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Food Security (helping to plan and implement the Obama Administration’s Feed the Future Program), as well as posts in Malawi, Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Additionally, Greg taught at the National War College, was a legal protection officer for UNHCR, and was Chief of Party for the Famine Early Warning Systems.
Greg earned a bachelor’s degree from Humboldt State University, a juris doctor from Loyola Law School, and a master’s in public policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. In 2017, Greg received USAID’s highest award, the Administrator’s Distinguished Career Service Award, to recognize his long and distinguished service.
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