Anne Woods Patterson is an American diplomat and career Foreign Service Officer. She served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs from 2013 to 2017. She previously served as United States Ambassador to Egypt until 2013 and as United States Ambassador to Pakistan from July 2007 to October 2010.
John F. Tefft is an American diplomat who has served as a Foreign Service Officer since 1972. He was confirmed as the United States Ambassador to Russia on July 31,2014. He had previously served as the United States' ambassador to Ukraine,Georgia,and Lithuania.
Kristie Anne Kenney is a former senior U.S. diplomat who served as the 32nd Counselor of the United States Department of State from 2016 to 2017. She is a recipient of the Secretary of State's Distinguished Service Award and held the nation's highest diplomatic rank of Career Ambassador in the United States Foreign Service. She served as the Department of State Transition Coordinator for the 2016-17 Transition.
According to the U.S. Global Leadership Report,77% of Singaporeans approved of U.S. leadership under the Obama Administration in 2010,and while this approval rating decreased slightly down to 75% in 2011,it nonetheless remains one of the highest ratings of the U.S. for any surveyed country in the Asia-Pacific region.
Barbara Jean Stephenson is an American diplomat and university official. Stephenson served as President of the American Foreign Service Association from 2015 to 2019. She was formerly the Dean of the Leadership and Management School of the Foreign Service Institute in Arlington,Virginia. Formerly,she was Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in London,and acted as Chargéd'Affaires following the departure of Ambassador Louis Susman. She is the former United States Ambassador to the Republic of Panama. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and was appointed by President Barack Obama in the Summer of 2010.
James Peter Zumwalt is an American diplomat with expertise in trade,economy,and East Asia. On November 19,2014,he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the U.S. Ambassador to Senegal and to Guinea-Bissau. Previously,he worked as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs,covering Japan and Korea. Until December 2011,he was the Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo where he also served as chargéd'affaires ad interim during the absence of an Ambassador from January to August 2009. He coordinated the U.S. Embassy's response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Maura Connelly is an American diplomat. President Obama nominated Ambassador Connelly,a 25-year veteran of the Foreign Service,as the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon in June 2010. Ambassador Connelly was confirmed by the Senate in August 2010 and sworn in by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in September 2010. She officially presented her diplomatic credentials to Lebanese President Michel Sleiman as the 25th U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon on September 15,2010.
Brooke D. Anderson is an American diplomat who served as a U.S. ambassador at the United Nations,as Chief of Staff and Counselor for the White House National Security Council,and as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and the Under Secretary for Political Affairs on the Iran Nuclear Negotiations. She has served as a trusted advisor to U.S. presidents,Cabinet Secretaries,members of Congress,presidential candidates,philanthropists and business leaders.
Mary Burce Warlick is a Papua New Guinean-born,American diplomat who was appointed Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency in May 2021. A former United States career diplomat,she served as the United States Ambassador to Serbia from January 2010 to September 2012,as the U.S. Consul General in Melbourne,Australia from October 2012 to July 2014,as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Energy Resources at the Department of State from August 2014 to September 2017,and as Acting Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs from January to September 2017.
Katherine Simonds Dhanani is an American diplomat. She was nominated as the Ambassador of the United States to Somalia,having been nominated for the position on 25 February 2015 by U.S. President Barack Obama. Dhanani is the first official U.S. envoy to the country in over two decades. On May 11,2015,it was reported that Dhanani had withdrawn her nomination to the post of Ambassador to Somalia for personal reasons.
Richard Merrill Mills Jr. is an American diplomat who serves as the United States deputy ambassador to the United Nations. He served as the U.S. Chargéd'Affaires and Acting Permanent Representative to the United Nations between January 20,2021,and February 24,2021,when Linda Thomas-Greenfield became ambassador. In July 2022,he was announced as the nominee to serve as the United States ambassador to Nigeria.
Deborah Ann McCarthy is an American diplomat and former Ambassador of the United States of America to Lithuania.
Todd Crawford Chapman is an American career diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Brazil and the United States Ambassador to Ecuador.
Lucy Tamlyn is an American diplomat serving was the chargéd'affaires to Sudan after being appointed by Secretary Antony Blinken in January 2022. She previously served as the United States ambassador to Benin from 2015 to 2018 and as United States ambassador to the Central African Republic from 2019 to 2022. In June 2022,President Joe Biden nominated Tamlyn to serve as the United States ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Dawn M. Liberi is a diplomat,international development expert and former United States Ambassador to Burundi. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on July 10,2012 and confirmed by the Senate October 19,2012.
Karen Clark Stanton is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to East Timor. Stanton was nominated by President Barack Obama July 31,2013 and confirmed by the Senate November 19,2014.
Amy Jane Hyatt is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Palau from 2015 to 2020. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in December 2014.
Leslie Ann Bassett is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Paraguay. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in November 2014. She presented her credentials January 15,2015,and left the post January 31,2017.
Robert Francis Cekuta is a career Foreign Service Officer,and served as U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan from February 2015 through March 2018.
Anne Hall is an American diplomat and former Ambassador of the United States of America to Lithuania.
