Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 64th United States secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party,Albright was the first woman to hold that post.
Lee Herbert Hamilton is an American politician and lawyer from Indiana. He is a former member of the United States House of Representatives and a former member of the U.S. Homeland Security Advisory Council. A member of the Democratic Party,Hamilton represented the 9th congressional district of Indiana from 1965 to 1999. Following his departure from Congress,he has served on a number of governmental advisory boards,most notably as the vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission.
Michele Jeanne Sison is an American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service serving as the assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs. She has previously served in various other diplomatic posts around the world on behalf of the United States,including ambassador to Haiti. Sison holds the personal rank of Career Ambassador.
Victoria Jane Nuland is an American diplomat currently serving as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. Nuland,a former member of the foreign service,served as the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State from 2013 to 2017 and US Permanent Representative to NATO from 2005 to 2008. She held the rank of Career Ambassador,the highest diplomatic rank in the United States Foreign Service. She is the former CEO of the Center for a New American Security,(CNAS),serving from January 2018 until early 2019,and is also the Brady-Johnson Distinguished Practitioner in Grand Strategy at Yale University,and a member of the board of the National Endowment for Democracy. She served as a nonresident fellow in the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution and senior counselor at the Albright Stonebridge Group.
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.
Johnnie Carson is a diplomat from the United States who has served as United States Ambassador to several African nations. In 2009 he was nominated to become U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs by President Barack Obama. He resigned in 2013 after four years in the role and following the resignation of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He is currently a Senior Advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group and the United States Institute of Peace.
Richard L. Morningstar is the former United States Ambassador to Azerbaijan. He was formerly Special Envoy of the United States Secretary of State for Eurasian Energy. Currently,Ambassador Morningstar is the founding director and chairman of the Global Energy Center at the Atlantic Council. He also serves as a senior advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group,a global business strategy firm.
The United States Mission to the United Nations (USUN) serves as the United States' delegation to the United Nations. USUN is responsible for carrying out the nation's participation in the world body. In 1947 the United States Mission was created by an act of Congress to assist the President and the Department of State in conducting United States policy at the United Nations. Since that time,USUN has served a vital role as the Department of State's UN branch. Today,USUN has approximately 150 people on staff who serve to represent the United States’political,economic and social,legal,military,public diplomacy,and management interests at the United Nations.
Roberta S. Jacobson is an American diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Mexico from June 2016 to May 2018. She previously served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs from March 30,2012,to May 5,2016. The United States Senate approved her nomination as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico on April 28,2016. In March 2018,Jacobson announced her resignation effective May 5. Foreign Policy reported on January 18,2021 that Jacobson would be in charge of Mexico–United States border affairs at the National Security Council under President Joe Biden.
Nisha Desai Biswal is an American businesswoman and public official in the United States. Biswal is the president of the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) and Senior Vice President for South Asia at the United States Chamber of Commerce. She previously served as Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs in the United States Department of State under President Barack Obama from 2013 to 2017. Biswal was the first South-Asian American to hold this position. She oversaw the U.S.-India strategic partnership during a period of unprecedented cooperation,including the launch of an annual U.S.-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue. Biswal was awarded the prestigious Samman Award by the President of India in January 2017. Biswal was also instrumental in launching the US-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue,the C5+1 Dialogue between the United States and the Central Asian States of Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan,Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Biswal also serves on the United States Institute of Peace International Advisory Council,on the Afghanistan Study Group and is on the Board of Directors for the Institute for Sustainable Communities,the Leadership Council for Women in National Security and is active in Democratic politics.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield is an American diplomat who is the United States ambassador to the United Nations under President Joe Biden. She served as the U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs from 2013 to 2017. Thomas-Greenfield then worked in the private sector as a senior vice president at Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington,D.C.
Stephanie Sanders Sullivan is an American diplomat and the previous ambassador to Ghana. She served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central African Affairs and Security Affairs for the Bureau of African Affairs from January 2017 to November 2018. She previously served as United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo,having been nominated by President Obama on June 13,2013,confirmed by the Senate August 1,2013 and served through January 20,2017.
Lucy Tamlyn is an American diplomat serving as 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.
Erica Jean Barks-Ruggles is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Rwanda. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in November 2014.
Mary Catherine "Molly" Phee is an American diplomat who has served as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs since September 2021. She previously served as the U.S. Ambassador to South Sudan from 2015 to 2017. She is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister Counselor.
Deborah Ruth Malac is an American diplomat,who served as the United States Ambassador to Uganda. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and was confirmed by the Senate Nov. 19,2015. She previously served as United States Ambassador to Liberia.
Virginia Evelyn Palmer is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Ghana since 2022. Palmer is the former United States ambassador to Malawi. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate,beginning the assignment in January 2015.
Karen Brevard Stewart is an American diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to the Marshall Islands. She was nominated by President Barack Obama to be United States Ambassador to the Marshall Islands on November 5,2015 was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 17,2016. Stewart also served as United States Ambassador to Belarus from August 14,2006 to March 12,2008 and as United States Ambassador to Laos from November 2010 to August 2013.
James C. O'Brien is an American attorney and diplomat who serves as the head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination in the Biden administration since April 2022. He previously served as the special envoy for hostage affairs from August 28,2015,to January 20,2017.
