Public Outreach
The purpose of the Public Outreach Committee is to sponsor activities that will inform the American public, the Congress, the Administration and the professional development community on successful and sustainable development by drawing upon the wisdom and lessons and from the collective on-the-ground experience of UAA’s membership. The Public Outreach Committee has established a Speakers Bureau to facilitate outreach to US organizations and communities. You can email this committee at: outreach@usaidalumni.org.
Membership Services
This Committee serves as the central operational unit to grow the membership and support Board-approved UAA activities by mobilizing UAA member- volunteer work and by facilitating Board fund-raising and membership contributions. The Committee builds and maintains: 1) a regularly updated Directory of former USAID employees and an e-mail system to reach retirees regularly with UAA notices; and 2) a low-cost website. The Committee encourages greater membership engagement through newsletters, regional gatherings and other member-identified activities. You can email this committee at: membership@usaidalumni.org.
Communications and Events
This Committee is responsible for organizing the Development Dialogue luncheon series hosted by DACOR. It also provides the membership, via the website and regular email notices, information about recent publications and events likely to be of interest to the membership. This Committee is also responsible for organizing the Annual General Meeting of the Association. You can email this committee at: ddd@usaidalumni.org.
Strengthening USAID
This Committee is responsible for tracking reforms at USAID, and offering the advice and support of the alumni community to USAID. Specifically, the Committee supports the Development Leadership Initiative with panel discussions of alumni as part of the official training program for new USAID employees. The committee also sponsors meetings where alumni can share their experience on a range of topics (eg project design), and it meets regularly with key USAID staff to identify new opportunities to engage the alumni community in support of USAID. You can email this committee at: strengtheningusaid@usaidalumni.org.
Development Issues
This Committee tracks and keeps the UAA membership advised on key development issues, new development challenges and the changing foreign assistance environment. The Committee’s goal is to ensure that the UAA membership is kept abreast of development innovations through UAA’s membership in the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) and through monitoring the work of development-oriented think tanks and journals as well as the publications of UAA members. You can email this committee at: devissues@usaidalumni.org.
