Dr. Elena Brineman, USAID

Elena Brineman currently serves as Director of USAID Office of

Military Affairs.  From August 2006-2009 Ms. Brineman served as Senior

Development Advisor to the Peacekeeping and Stability Operations

Institute (PKSOI) and the USAID faculty member at the US Army War

College (USAWC) in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.   Ms. Brineman is a Senior

Foreign Service Officer (rank of Career Minister) with over 30 years

of service with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Prior to her assignment to the USAWC in August, 2006, Ms Brineman

served as the USAID Mission Director in the Dominican Republic for six

years.  From 1993 – 1995 she served first as Deputy Mission Director

and from 1995-2000 as USAID Mission Director in Honduras where, among

other things, she managed the USG disaster response to Hurricane Mitch

and the $400 million USG post-disaster reconstruction assistance

program in Honduras.  Ms. Brineman spent most of the 1980s covering

Central America from USAID’s Regional Office for Central America and

Panama in Guatemala.  Ms. Brineman has spent her entire USAID career,

before coming to the USAWC, focused on Latin America, and has spent

over 23 years of her time with USAID stationed in the field.  Ms.

Brineman is a 1993 graduate of the National Defense University and

also has degrees in food and nutrition and biology.

Dr. Elena Brineman, USAIDElena Brineman currently serves as Director of USAID Office ofMilitary Affairs.  From August 2006-2009 Ms. Brineman served as SeniorDevelopment Advisor to the Peacekeeping and Stability OperationsInstitute (PKSOI) and the USAID faculty member at the US Army WarCollege (USAWC) in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.   Ms. Brineman is a SeniorForeign Service Officer (rank of Career Minister) with over 30 yearsof service with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Prior to her assignment to the USAWC in August, 2006, Ms Brinemanserved as the USAID Mission Director in the Dominican Republic for sixyears.  From 1993 – 1995 she served first as Deputy Mission Directorand from 1995-2000 as USAID Mission Director in Honduras where, amongother things, she managed the USG disaster response to Hurricane Mitchand the $400 million USG post-disaster reconstruction assistanceprogram in Honduras.  Ms. Brineman spent most of the 1980s coveringCentral America from USAID’s Regional Office for Central America andPanama in Guatemala.  Ms. Brineman has spent her entire USAID career,before coming to the USAWC, focused on Latin America, and has spentover 23 years of her time with USAID stationed in the field.  Ms.Brineman is a 1993 graduate of the National Defense University andalso has degrees in food and nutrition and biology.