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Media Advisory

MCC’s new Chief Executive Officer, Dana J. Hyde, to join Minister of Education in Namibia

For Immediate Release

June 23, 2014

Dana J. Hyde will make her first trip abroad as the new CEO of Millennium Challenge Corporation.

Hyde will visit Namibia, where she will join Minister of Education, Dr. David Namwandi, at an official ceremony to hand over schools in the country’s Kavango region.

MCC’s five-year compact with Namibia, which is scheduled to be completed this September, invests $304.5 million in agriculture, tourism and education.

Hyde will have press availability after the ceremony in Namibia on Thursday, June 26, 2014, which takes place from 10:15 A.M. to 11:45 A.M.

Members of the media interested in covering activities should contact Press Secretary John R. Gagain, Jr. at 202-375-0778 or gagainjr [ at ] mcc.gov.

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MCC is an innovative and independent U.S. agency that is working to reduce global poverty through economic growth. Created by the U.S. Congress in January 2004, with strong bipartisan support, MCC provides time-limited grants and assistance to countries that demonstrate a commitment to good governance, investments in people and economic freedom.