Lurma Rackley, CARE director of public relations, at 404-979-9450 (lrackley@care.org), or

Alina Labrada, press officer for CARE, at 404-979-9383 (labrada@care.org)

In Atlanta:

Andrew Pugh: Director of Policy & Advocacy
Pugh is responsible for coordinating CARE's advocacy activities at CARE Headquarters and at CARE's Washington, DC Office of Public Policy and Government Relations, as well as expanding advocacy efforts at CARE's overseas field offices. Pugh brings more than ten years of experience as a CARE development expert, including assignments in Armenia, northern Iraq, the Newly Independent States and Africa. As advocacy coordinator, he works on policy positions surrounding issues such as land mines, foreign assistance levels and family planning in front-burner countries such as Sudan and in the Balkans.

Ahuma Adodoadji: Emergency Group Director
Adodoadji is responsible for guiding CARE's response to emergencies. He has more than 20 years of experience in relief and rehabilitation operations with several humanitarian organizations, including World Vision. Adodoadji also worked for the Carter Center as associate director/acting director for the African Governance Program. Most recently, he served as director of disaster response for World Relief, where he lead relief efforts in Sudan, Turkey, Kosovo, Honduras, Sierra Leone, Venezuela and Ethiopia.

Michelle Carter: East & Central Africa Deputy Regional Director
As deputy regional director, Carter supports CARE's programming in 10 countries (Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi) and provides ongoing analysis and monitoring to projects in the Great Lakes and Greater Horn of Africa regions. Carter began her career with CARE as a CARE Fellow. For the past seven years, she has worked with CARE in Haiti and Rwanda. She spent one year working with USAID on the Greater Horn of Africa Initiative. She is fluent in German, French, Haitian Kreyol and is learning Arabic.

In Johannesburg:

Chris Conrad: Southern and West Africa Regional Director
A development veteran of more than 20 years, Conrad has worked in Togo, Congo, Uganda, Mali, Chad, India and Haiti. As regional director, Conrad oversees a range of relief and development programs, including an innovative regional AIDS prevention program in West Africa that educates migrant workers at bus and taxi stations about how to prevent infection.

In Cairo:

Beat Rohr: Europe and Middle East Regional Director
Rohr has worked in development and relief for 20 years with assignments in Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nicaragua, Mexico, Mozambique, Peru and Egypt. Over the past year, Rohr has worked in Cairo covering all CARE activities in the Middle East, the Caucasus Region and Eastern Europe, including the Balkans. He is an authority on the complexities of development in post-conflict situations and the difficulties of working in conflict zones.

In Nairobi:

Jonathan Mitchell: East Africa Regional Director
Mitchell has worked for 16 years in international relief and development, initially as a volunteer in Indonesia and then with CARE in Haiti, Nepal, Kenya and Sierra Leone. For the past three years, he served as a senior manager in CARE's Atlanta headquarters, and now is based in Nairobi as regional director for all of CARE's relief and development programs in East Africa -- including Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Palestine and Egypt.