Jennifer M. Adams

Adams earned a Bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University, a Master’s degree from Duke University, a Master of Philosophy degree from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, and a Doctorate from Cambridge University.[1]

Adams is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), holding the rank of Career Minister. She currently serves as a USAID Faculty Representative at the National War College, National Defense University in Washington D.C. Adams served as the Acting Assistant Administrator within the Global Health Bureau at USAID in Washington D.C. She was the USAID Mission Director at the U.S. Embassy in Mozambique. Adams has also worked as the Director of the Office of Donor Engagement in the Bureau for Policy, Planning, and Learning at USAID in Washington D.C. Other assignments include serving as the Development Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, the USAID Mission Director at the U.S. Embassy Brasilia, Brazil, and as the Director of the Health and Education Office of the USAID Mission in Dakar, Senegal.[1]

Adams speaks Portuguese and French.[1]