Gus Fahey

Augustine (Gus) Fahey is a Senior Desk Officer in the Bureau of African Affairs at the Department of State, responsible for coordinating foreign policy on Nigeria. He covered Africa for the Office of International Religious Freedom and served a Presidential Management Fellow in U.S. Agency for International Development’s Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation.

Gus holds a Master’s Degree in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University and a Bachelor’s in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.

Prior to joining the State Department, Gus worked as a project manager for several private firms, including Oracle Corporation, a large database company. In his transition to an international affairs career he served in a voluntary capacity in several organizations, including the Peace Resource Center of Frederick County (Maryland), Partners for Democratic Change, and the Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy. He also worked as a community mediator.

Gus hails from Scranton, Pennsylvania, and is married with a daughter.