Please note that Administrator Shah has cancelled the Arizona portion of this trip.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah will travel to Arizona State University in Tempe on Oct. 6, where he will attend a U.S. Global Leadership Coalition event at the ASU Memorial Union alongside Senator John McCain at 12:00 p.m. PST. The luncheon discussion will focus on the shared role of academia, business, and government in building a better, safer world.

Shah will also give remarks on the U.S. Global Development Lab’s Research and Innovation Fellowship Program at ASU. This event begins at 2:30 p.m. PST. There, Administrator Shah will announce new opportunities for USAID and ASU to collaborate on solving pressing development challenges aimed at ending extreme poverty.

In Seattle on Oct. 7, the Administrator will attend the annual Grand Challenges Meeting for Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development. Grand Challenges partners include USAID, the Government of Norway, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, and the UK Department for International Development (DFID).  Administrator Shah and partners will address the next phase of Grand Challenges.

For more information on the U.S. Global Leadership event at ASU, visit:http://www.usglc.org/events/americas-role-in-the-world-matters-to-arizona/  

For more information on the Innovation Fellowship Program event at ASU, visit:https://sustainability.asu.edu/events/email/usaid-fellowships   

For more information on the Grand Challenges event in Seattle, contact:media@gatesfoundation.org.