Director of Administration

Sheneé Turner serves as the Director of the Office of Administration for the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). She is responsible for directing the daily operations of the Agency’s administrative management activities. She supports USTDA in providing leadership and guidance for human capital management, inter-agency agreements for administrative support, records, federal travel regulations, contract and facilities, emergency management, safety, and other general services.

Before joining USTDA, Ms. Turner served as the Office Director of the Management and Administration Office for the Department of Energy’s Office of Petroleum Reserves. In that role she managed the office’s human capital, acquisitions, congressional and legislative affairs, public affairs, facilities management, records, and information technology program related activities. Prior to her role at the Department of Energy, Ms. Turner spent 12 years at the Department of the Interior, helping to establish the human resources program for the Bureau of Reclamation’s Washington, D.C. office.

Ms. Turner has over 30 years of government service and leadership, including being an Office of Personnel Management trained Internal Federal Coach, and she is also certified as a Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma, a program that helps to improve business processes. Ms. Turner earned an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of the District of Columbia and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Maryland.

To share her professional experiences and act on her desire to help others succeed professionally and in life, Ms. Turner made a personal commitment to serve as a mentor and coach to others—especially young people whom she hopes she can help become productive and successful citizens.