Former USAID official named vice president of Catholic agency

Published: 2006-08-07

BOCA RATON, Fla. (CNS) -- David Adams, a former official with the U.S. Agency for International Development, has been appointed vice president for international missions at Cross International Catholic Outreach, a nonprofit Catholic relief agency dedicated to serving the poor in Third World countries. Adams, who worked as AID mission director to Haiti and Africa bureau chief, served most recently as director of the Center for Development Information and Evaluation, AID's think tank. "We are very blessed to have an international relations expert of David's caliber join Cross International," said James Cavnar, president. "His hands-on experience overseas in addition to his comprehensive understanding of the many complex issues and political environments in the countries in which we serve make him the ideal addition to Cross International."

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