Samantha Power

Samantha Power (born September 21, 1970) is an Irish-born American academic and diplomat. Power was the 19th Administrator to the United States Agency for International Development from April 2021 until January 2025 under the Joe Biden administration. She was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 until 2017 under the Barack Obama administration.

Samantha Power
19th Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
In office May 3, 2021 – January 20, 2025
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Mark Green
Succeeded by	Marco Rubio (acting)
28th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
In office August 5, 2013 – January 20, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	Rosemary DiCarlo Michele J. Sison
Preceded by	Susan Rice
Succeeded by	Nikki Haley
Personal details
Born	Samantha Jane Power (1970-09-21) September 21, 1970 (age 54) London, United Kingdom
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Cass Sunstein ​ (m. 2008)​
Children	2
Education	Yale University (BA) Harvard University (JD)

Power is listed as the 63rd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.^[1]

Power was born in Dublin, Ireland. She moved to Pittsburgh when she was nine. She graduated from Yale University in 1992.^[2]

Her book, A Problem From Hell, which won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction, examines the role and responses of the United States government in the genocides and ethnic conflicts of the 20th Century.

In January 2021, President-elect Joe Biden nominated Power to be the head of the United States Agency for International Development.^[3] In April 2021, her nominated was confirmed by the United States Senate with a 68 to 28 vote.^[4]