Brock Bierman

Brock Daniel Bierman is an American public official who served as Donald Trump's Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Bureau for Europe and Eurasia.

Brock Daniel Bierman
Brock D. Bierman official photo, 2018
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
In office
2018–2021
PresidentDonald Trump
LeaderMark Andrew Green
Preceded byThomas O. Melia
Succeeded byvacant
Personal details
EducationBowling Green State University (BS)

Life and career

Bierman attended Toll Gate High School in Warwick, Rhode Island and studied journalism at Bowling Green State University. From 1994 to 1998, Bierman served three terms as a Republican in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, representing the state's 23rd district.[1]

Beginning in 2007, Bierman served as the Small State and Rural Advocate at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a position he was appointed to by George W. Bush.[2]

In October 2017, Bierman was nominated by Donald Trump to serve as USAID's Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia and his appointment was confirmed in December of that year.[3] Serving in that capacity, Bierman led a USAID initiative, called "Countering Malign Kremlin Influence", to support eastern European countries including Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova and Azerbaijan in an effort to withstand influence from the Russian government.[4][5][6]

Bierman served as acting CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in 2018, but was removed by the White House after two months following a dispute with Karen Sessions (the wife of Texas Representative Pete Sessions) that arose when Bierman instituted a hiring freeze on political appointees within the organization.[7] Prior to the hiring freeze and subsequent dispute, The Washington Post had reported that the White House had been rewarding Trump supporters with jobs within the MCC, with the previous acting CEO Robert Blau resigning amid controversy over the political nature of those placements.[8]

In addition to serving as a government official across several Federal agencies, Bierman has also served stints in the private sector, including as a business executive for Ancestry.com.[9]

References
  1. "House Resolution 9262". Rhode Island Legislature. 30 June 1998. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. "Personnel Announcement". The White House. 2 August 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. "The nominees Donald Trump tapped for key roles during his term". Washington Post. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  4. Vanessa Gera (12 September 2019). "US presents new effort to counter Kremlin influence". Associate Press News. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  5. "USAID says govt puts obstacles to its work in Azerbaijan". Associate Press News. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  6. Michael Igoe (6 August 2019). "USAID 'countering Kremlin' framework is not about Russia, officials say". Devex. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  7. Robert O'Harrow Jr. (18 October 2018). "Acting leader removed from agency the White House has used to provide jobs to Trump supporters". Washington Post. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  8. "The Daily 202: Trump's fixation on immigration reflects his belief that the midterms will be a base election". Washington Post. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  9. Mike Wise (11 September 2014). "Years later, discovering a family split by the Civil War". Washington Post. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
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