Mary Eileen Devitt is a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister Counselor. Ms. Devitt assumed her duties as USAID Kosovo Mission Director in October 2023.
She has over 20 years of diverse USAID experience including 18 years in the Middle East. In her most recent assignment, Ms. Devitt served as USAID/Lebanon Mission Director (2020 to 2023). She also served as the Senior Development Advisor/Country Director for Yemen based in the Yemen Affairs Unit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2018 to 2020). Prior to Yemen, Ms. Devitt was the Director of the Office of Financial Management in Egypt (2014-2018) where she also served in Mission leadership. Ms. Devitt served as the Acting Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Financial Officer at USAID Headquarters in Washington, DC (2011-2014). She has led financial management teams in Bangladesh (2007-2011); the Regional Service Center for Southern Africa (2002-2007) and Egypt (1997 to 2003). She has served as an advisor to the non-permissive environment and regionalization working groups and on other Agency initiatives.
Ms. Devitt served as a financial management development expert for the Agency, supported regional and bilateral operations and provided executive level expertise in public financial management; leadership in donor and host country government and private sector engagement and collaboration on a broad range of matters including public financial management, macro-economic issues, and private sector engagement. As USAID's Acting Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Financial Officer for Overseas Operations, she provided technical direction and support to over 180 US Foreign Service Officers and 1,700 Foreign Service National financial management professionals. Ms. Devitt and her team were also responsible for oversight and stewardship of the USAID's financial resources totaling over $34 billion dollars.
Ms. Devitt has received a number of honor and performance awards during her USAID career. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and a master’s degree in management. Ms. Devitt is married and they have a son.