Oren E. Whyche-Shaw is the Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Bureau for Africa that has provided $8.1 billion in assistance to 42 African countries. In this capacity, she is responsible for leading the Bureau’s West Africa Office and Sustainable Development Office. She also serves as Africa Bureau’s Trade Coordinator, and as the Coordinator for the Partnership for Growth (PFG), a presidential initiative that aims to accelerate and sustain broad-based economic growth by putting into practice the principles of President Obama’s September 2010 Presidential Policy Directive on Global Development.

Prior to joining USAID in 2011, Ms. Whyche-Shaw served as the Director for the Office of African Nations and as the Senior Advisor in the Multilateral Development Bank Office of the U.S. Department of Treasury. She also held positions in the areas of financial markets, private sector investment and trade development with the African Development Bank.  

In the private sector, Ms. Whyche-Shaw led Technoserve, Inc.'s agricultural and entrepreneurial development projects as Vice President for Africa. She has also served as Chair of Plan International USA, as a banker at Citibank, N.A. and at J.P. Morgan, and as Manager of the Global Acoustic Businesses at Owens-Corning.   

Ms. Whyche-Shaw has a Bachelor of Science degree in Theoretical Mathematics and French from Capital University in Columbus, OH. She received a master's degree in Finance, Money and Financial Markets and International Business from Columbia University and was the first Citibank Fellow.  In 1983, Ms. Whyche-Shaw was selected as a White House Fellow where she served as the Senior Special Advisor to the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. Ms. Whyche-Shaw has lived and worked in North and Sub-Saharan Africa and has worked in over 60 countries.