DATA LEADERSHIP AT USAID

Sukhvinder Singh, Interim Chief Data Officer
Sukhvinder Singh assumed the role of Interim Chief Data Officer at USAID on November 10, 2023. Mr. Sukhvinder also serves as the Chief Technology Officer, and leads the Agency’s IT innovation programs. He is responsible for IT architecture and design. Before joining USAID, Mr. Sukhvinder served as the Director of Software Development and Operations at the United States Mint (USMINT).
BRANDON PUSTEJOVSKY, STATISTICAL OFFICIAL
Brandon Pustejovsky is the Statistical Official and Senior Data Advisor at USAID.  He leads the USAID Data Services team within the Office of the Chief Information Officer, providing a broad portfolio of data analytics, visualization, and digital curation services to USAID staff and partners worldwide.
Mr. Pustejovsky has been leading international development and humanitarian assistance operations for more than 20 years, in cooperation with organizations such as UNHCR, the International Red Cross, the World Food Programme, and multiple non-profits. His experience spans six continents and over 50 countries.
Prior to working at USAID, he spent several years establishing humanitarian assistance operations in post-conflict and post-disaster environments. His exposure to these unstructured settings gave him a growing appreciation for the role of evidence and data in providing clarity of purpose and programmatic direction.
Mr. Pustejovsky holds a master's degree in international relations from Yale University and a bachelor's degree in foreign service and French from Baylor University.
WINSTON ALLEN, AGENCY EVALUATION OFFICER
Dr. Winston J. Allen is the Agency Evaluation Officer, located in USAID’s Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning (PPL). He has over 30 years of experience in international development program evaluation, project planning and design, and social science research.

Prior to this role, he was Senior Evaluation Specialist, during which he managed a $455 million evaluation services contract, and provided technical leadership in designing performance and impact evaluations, towards strengthening evaluation practice, and evaluation capacity across the Agency. His evaluation and research experience cut across several sectors including economic growth, health, transportation, labor, education, agriculture, business, and natural resource management. Over the years, he has served as evaluation team lead for a broad range of evaluations supported by non-governmental organizations (NGOs), private foundations, and U.S. Federal Government Agencies. 

He has extensive experience conducting program evaluations in countries in Africa, Asia, Latin American, the Caribbean, Europe and Eurasia, and the Middle East. Prior to joining USAID, he was the Director for Monitoring and Evaluation on a USAID funded project, Africa’s Health in 2010, where he led the effort to strengthen the evaluation and program monitoring capacity of African regional health organizations. He holds a master’s and a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning, with a focus on international development, from the University of Pennsylvania.