Biography of Adolfo A. Franco
Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean
 Adolfo A. Franco was sworn in on January 31, 2002, as assistant administrator for Latin America and the
Caribbean of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID is the government agency that
administers economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide.
Before joining USAID, Franco served as counsel to the majority on the House International Relations Committee.
From 1999 to 2000, he was president of the Inter-American Foundation (IAF), an independent government agency
dedicated to the promotion of grassroots development throughout the Western Hemisphere. Before becoming IAF
president, he had held a number of high-level positions at the foundation, including senior vice president,
director of congressional affairs, and general counsel, since 1985. In the early 1980s, he was an associate
in the law firms of Cole & Corette in Washington, D.C., and Shughart, Thompson & Kilroy in Kansas City, Mo.
Franco is a member of the District of Columbia and Missouri Bar associations and the Inter-American Bar
Association.
Born in Cardenas, Cuba, Franco has a bachelor's and a master's degree in history from the University of
Northern Iowa and a law degree from Creighton University School of Law, where he was on the Creighton
Law Review and graduated cum laude.
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