SarahJean Harrison

SarahJean Harrison serves as Executive Officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), operating under agency code 7200AA, where she oversees strategic procurement initiatives aligned with the agency’s mission to strengthen international governance, economic resilience, and institutional capacity in partner nations. In this leadership role, she directs the acquisition of professional, scientific, and technical services critical to policy advisory, democratic engagement, and emergency response coordination. Her portfolio centers on high-impact, mission-critical contracts that support public sector reform and technical assistance programs abroad, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and USAID’s development objectives. Her primary contractor relationship is with AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, a trusted partner delivering specialized technical services in institutional strengthening, governance diagnostics, and capacity-building frameworks. Harrison cultivates long-term, performance-based vendor partnerships characterized by deep technical alignment and adaptive program execution, often engaging firms with proven expertise in international development contexts. Her contracting approach emphasizes outcomes over inputs, prioritizing contractors with demonstrated experience in complex, multi-country environments. Harrison’s procurement activity reflects a strict preference for full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued under no set-aside classifications. This underscores a deliberate strategy to access the broadest possible pool of qualified technical expertise, prioritizing capability and track record over socioeconomic categorization. While small business participation is not formally targeted, her awards remain accessible to all eligible vendors under open competition protocols. Her primary procurement focus lies within NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing policy analysis, institutional assessment, training design, and technical advisory services. She routinely acquires specialized expertise in democratic governance, public financial management, and crisis-responsive institutional reform, ensuring USAID’s interventions are evidence-based, locally contextualized, and sustainably implemented.