David Grossman,

Executive Director, ICMA International 

David Grossman is Director of ICMA International, and brings 30 years of technical and managerial experience in international economic development to his position leading ICMA International. He began his professional career with the New York City Planning Commission, helping tenants to organize and maintain their buildings. After a year with the United Nations Development Program, he served for six years as a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Foreign Service Officer, in Honduras and Costa Rica. From 1984 to 1994 he worked in the USAID Office of Housing and Urban Programs, including serving as its chief operating officer (COO). He later held COO positions with USAID's Global Bureau Environment Center and USAID's Office of Development Credit. He has a bachelor's degree in political science/Latin American studies from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a master's degree in international affairs, with a specialization in economics and urban planning, from Columbia University.