Kevin Nelson

Kevin is the Urban Governance Lead for the Governance Team within the Bureau of Development, Democracy and Innovation at USAID. In this role, he chairs the Urban Expert Working Group. He also coordinates donor engagement and leads efforts to support the New Urban Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. Currently, Kevin is coordinating USAID’s strategic thinking about the role cities and urban areas have in driving national economies, promoting democracy and governance and addressing climate change, anti-corruption, violence prevention and supporting local solutions to municipal service delivery. Mr. Nelson is coordinating USAID’s strategic thinking about the role cities and urban areas have in driving national economies, promoting democracy and governance and addressing climate change, anti-corruption, violence prevention and supporting local solutions to municipal service delivery. Kevin holds a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Illinois. He is not speaking in an official capacity for USAID.