Amatullah R’id is Senior Advisor to the Deputy Administrator for Management and Resources. Prior to this role, she was the Division Chief for the Learning and Knowledge Management Division in the Bureau for Development, Democracy and Innovation’s (DDI) Program Office, where she led several Community of Practices and provided Bureau-wide leadership in implementing risk mitigation, policy analysis and overseeing compliance, knowledge management and programmatic performance functions for the Bureau.
Previously, Ms. R’id was Acting Division Chief and Senior Strategic Planning Analyst in the Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment’s (E3) Program Office. Ms. R’id has also previously held several leadership positions at the US Environmental Protection Agency where she led the Agency’s Securing America's Value and Efficiency (SAVE) award process, and teams that formulated the budget for Agency operating units and key Agency initiatives in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer and the Office of General Counsel.
Ms. R’id holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Conservation Resource Studies from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University. She has held several positions in organizations advancing environmental justice, energy efficiency and service.