DR. CAROL J. LANCASTER

Dr. Lancaster is Director, MSFS Program and Co-Director of JD/MSFS Program at Georgetown University.  She previously served as the Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development from 1993 to 1996.  She was assigned at the U.S. State Department as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1980-81 and for the Policy Planning Staff from 1977-80. In addition, she has been a Congressional Fellow and worked for the Office of Management and Budget. Her most recent books are Aid to Africa and Transforming Foreign Aid.  Current research: foreign aid; development and democracy in Africa; and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) as political organizations.