Andrew Herscowitz
Chief Development Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
Andrew M. Herscowitz is the first Chief Development Officer (CDO) at U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). As CDO, Herscowitz leads the DFC’s efforts to pursue the most highly developmental projects in less developed countries.
Prior to his appointment as CDO, Mr. Herscowitz was the Coordinator of the U.S. Government’s Power Africa program from 2013-2020, where he grew the initiative to become the world’s largest partnership for development with 170 partners and $56 billion in commitments. Mr. Herscowitz is a Minister Counselor in the Senior Foreign Service and served overseas as Mission Director, Deputy Mission Director, and Regional Legal Advisor for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in multiple countries in Latin America and the Caribbean from 2002-2013.
Upon joining USAID in 2001, Herscowitz served as the lawyer for USAID’s Office of Development Credit, and he also worked with the USAID legal team that designed the original framework for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. He began his career in international development as a consultant with Probe International.
