Making Cents Conference: Ambassador Donald Steinberg, USAID

In this video interview from the Making Cents Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference, Ambassador Donald Steinberg, Deputy Administrator at USAID, discusses USAID's new approach towards youth and development. Ambassador Steinberg presented the conference's Keynote Address on Thursday, September 8, 2011, addressing what USAID has been learning and the agency's priorities going forward related to youth.

Bio: Ambassador Donald Steinberg

Donald Steinberg serves as Deputy Administrator at the U.S. Agency for International Development. Ambassador Steinberg previously served as deputy president for policy at International Crisis Group. He also served as a Randolph Jennings Senior Fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace, where he researched, wrote, and advocated on behalf of the world's 25 million internally displaced persons. During his nearly 30 years with the U.S. government, he served as Director of the State Department's Joint Policy Council, Deputy White House Press Secretary, National Security Council Senior Director for African Affairs, Special Haiti Coordinator, U.S. Ambassador to Angola, and Special Representative of the President for Humanitarian Demining. He holds master's degrees in journalism from Columbia University and political economy from University of Toronto, and a bachelor's degree from Reed College.