Mary Ackley

Mary Ackley is a Conflict and Natural Resources Specialist within USAID’s Bureau for Democracy and Humanitarian Assistance in the Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation (DCHA/CMM). Ms. Ackley supports USAID’s overseas missions to effectively deliver development assistance in conflictaffected or fragile contexts, with a focus on climate change, water resources, and food security programming. Ms. Ackley previously served as Environment Officer at USAID/Sri Lanka and Maldives, where she managed the Mission’s global climate change adaptation portfolio in Maldives. Ms. Ackley came to USAID from the private sector, where her experience included program planning, design, and evaluation of energy efficiency and renewable energy programs, green building, environmental compliance and remediation. She also served as a Natural Resources Management Peace Corps Volunteer in Fiji. Ms. Ackley holds a master’s degree in Natural Resources Management from the University of Vermont and a bachelor’s degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan.