Ms. Alexious Butler a career foreign service officer with the agency, joined USAID/Guinea and Sierra Leone in July 2024 as the Mission Director with residence in Conakry. Ms. Butler brings with her a rich background in development. Prior to her assignment to Guinea, she served in Haiti the Democracy, Rights and Governance (DRG) Office Chief and then moved into the front office to serve as Deputy Mission Director (DMD). Prior to that, Ms. Butler served as a DRG Officer in South Sudan, Bangladesh, Iraq, and Afghanistan as well as in Washington DC in the Africa Bureau's Conflict, Peacebuilding and Governance section.
Before joining USAID in 2006, Ms. Butler was the Resident Representative for the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Uganda. She also worked with NDI in Kenya and Tanzania on political party development. Before joining NDI, Ms. Butler worked with the Africa Section of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). At NED, she managed civil society programs in East and southern Africa as well as Nigeria.
A native of Atlanta, GA, Ms. Butler worked in the private sector for almost 10 years as a public relations specialist for a variety of clients including Bayer Pharmaceuticals, McDonald's, Nestle, Coca-Cola, and the World Bank.