LeAnna Marr

LeAnna Marr has more than 30 years of experience in education. She currently serves as Deputy Assistant Administrator at USAID and serves as Acting U.S. Senior Coordinator for International Basic Education Assistance. She worked as Association Peace Corps Director, an international education consultant, and as Executive Director of a non-profit adult education program before joining USAID as a foreign service officer in 2004. Her primary area of expertise is in Education in Crisis and Conflict settings, having worked in Guinea, Sudan, North Macedonia, and South Sudan and serving as senior education advisor on USAID’s Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force. Ms. Marr represents the USG on the Board of Directors for the Global Partnership for Education and the Executive Committee of Education Cannot Wait. Ms. Marr has a Master’s in International Education Policy from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and an undergraduate degree in French from Kalamazoo College.