Ken Isaacs is an American executive with Christian humanitarian organization Samaritan 's Purse . He served as the director of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance for the United States Agency for International Development from 2004 to 2005 during President George W. Bush 's administration . In February 2018 , Isaacs was nominated by President Donald Trump to be the US candidate to run for Director General of the United Nations International Organization for Migration ( IOM ) . Isaacs ' nomination stirred controversy given his record of anti-Muslim sentiments . Isaacs 's nomination was rejected by the UN . It was only the second time since the creation of the IOM in 1951 that the body would not be headed by an American . Isaacs began working with Samaritan 's Purse in 1988 after meeting the organization 's founder , Franklin Graham , in Boone , North Carolina . That year , he moved his family to Ethiopia where he helped build clean water wells for residents affected by the Ethiopian Civil War . Isaacs would later assist in and organize relief efforts in a variety of locations , including Rwanda ( during the Rwandan genocide in 1994 ) , Somalia , El Salvador , Bosnia , Sudan , and Afghanistan . In 2004 , Isaacs was appointed to the position of director of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance ( OFDA ) , an organizational arm of the U.S. Agency for International Development . The OFDA oversaw relief efforts for the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the 2005 Kashmir earthquake . Isaacs left his position in 2005 . Isaacs later returned to Samaritan 's Purse as the Vice President of Programs and Government Relations . In 2011 , he was the head of the organization 's disaster response team for the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan . In 2014 , Isaacs testified before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee , criticizing the government 's response to and effort to combat the spread of Ebola in Guinea , Liberia , and Sierra Leone . On February 1 , 2018 , the U.S. State Department announced Isaacs ' nomination to the post of Director General of the International Organization for Migration ( IOM ) . The 169 member states of the IOM rejected his candidacy on June 29 , 2018 , the first time since 1951 that the organization will not be led by an American
2005 Kashmir earthquake
2005 Kashmir earthquake
Ken Isaacs (executive)