Biography of Frederick W. Schieck
Deputy Administrator
 President Bush's nominee for Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Frederick W. Schieck has been confirmed by the Senate and was sworn in on Jan. 31, 2002. For more than 40 years, USAID has been the lead government agency providing economic and humanitarian assistance to transitioning and developing countries.
Schieck has had a long and successful career in international development both at USAID and other institutions. Schieck was a USAID Foreign Service Officer for more than 25 years before retiring in 1990 with the rank of Career Minister. He also held a number of senior positions at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington, D.C., from 1990 to 2000, including Deputy Manager of the Bank's Operations Department, which was responsible for over $5 billion a year in lending to 26 Latin American countries.
He has also served as a member of the Board of Trustees and Vice President of the Executive Committee of the Pan-American Development Foundation.
During his Foreign Service career at USAID, Schieck held senior positions in Washington, D.C., including Acting Assistant Administrator and Deputy Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Program and Policy Coordination; and Deputy Assistant Administrator for Asia. Overseas, Schieck served as USAID Director in the Philippines and in Guatemala; he also worked in Chile, Bolivia and Ecuador.
Schieck has a bachelor's degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.
He has served in the U.S. Army Reserves.
Schieck is fluent in Spanish.
Schieck and his wife Sara have one daughter, Sara.
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