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.
Pamela Jo Howell Slutz was a career member of the United States Foreign Service who served as U.S. Ambassador to Burundi,and as U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia. Over the course of her career,she has also served in various diplomatic posts in Kenya,Taiwan,Indonesia,and China. She was the recipient of two U.S. Department of State Superior Honor Awards and the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive. After retiring in 2012,Slutz continued to work part-time for the Office of the Inspector General,U.S. Department of State. From 2019 to 2024 she served as president of The Mongolia Society.
Herro Kader Mustafa Garg is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Egypt since November 2023. She served as the United States ambassador to Bulgaria from October 2019 to March 2023.
Robert Porter Jackson is a retired American foreign service officer and diplomat. He was a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor.
Jo Ellen Powell is a career member of the United States Foreign Service who served as Consul General in Frankfurt,Germany and was nominated as the US ambassador to Mauritania by Barack Obama on July 15,2010. She has been known in Frankfurt for her active engagement with Germany's Muslim community,as well as with students,through the "Windows on America" program. Prior to that Powell was the executive director of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs,director of the Office of Employee Relations,and management counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Canberra,Australia. Powell has also served in France,Italy,Lebanon,and Jordan. She is married to Stephen Engelken,also a career diplomat and current deputy chief of mission to Islamabad in Pakistan,with whom she has a son.
Jerry P. Lanier He was a career diplomat with the Department of State. Lanier was a former acting U.S. Ambassador to Sudan. He was in this position from May 13,2014 to February 26,2016. He was the Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism in the Bureau of Counterterrorism,at the Department of State from December 2012 to February 2014. He was a former Ambassador from the United States of America to the Republic of Uganda.
Rose McCartney Likins is a Career Ambassador within the United States Foreign Service and the former United States Ambassador to Peru. Prior to this post she was the Deputy Director of the Foreign Service Institute in Washington,D.C.,where she was also Dean of the Foreign Service Institute's School of Professional and Area Studies.
Gina Kay Abercrombie-Winstanley(born 1957) is an American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Malta from 2012 to 2016. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed on March 29,2012. She was sworn in on April 18,2012,and presented her credentials to George Abela,President of Malta,on May 2,2012. On April 12,2021,she was sworn in to serve as chief diversity and inclusion officer for the United States Department of State.
Arlene Render is an American former diplomat. An officer of the United States Foreign Service,she served as the United States Ambassador to the Gambia,Zambia,and Ivory Coast. She was also noted for her role amidst the initial onset of the Rwandan genocide.
Theodore George Osius III is an American diplomat and the former United States Ambassador to Vietnam.
Joan A. Polaschik is a diplomat who has served as Director of the Foreign Service Institute since 2022. She previously served as the United States Ambassador to Algeria from 2014 to 2017.
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.
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. On July 14,2023,she was appointed as the Head of the U.S. Mission to UNESCO.
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.
Glenna Kathleen Hill is an American diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Malta. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on July 8,2015,and confirmed by the Senate on December 9,2015.
Lisa J. Peterson is an American diplomat and the former United States Ambassador to Eswatini. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on September 16,2015,and confirmed by the Senate on Nov. 19,2015. She left her post on December 1,2020. Between January 20 and July 14,2021,she served in the Biden administration as the Acting Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security,Democracy,and Human Rights in 2021.
Elizabeth Holzhall Richard is an American diplomat who served as United States ambassador to Lebanon from 2016 to 2020. She has served as coordinator for counterterrorism since December 29,2023.
Makila James is an American diplomat who has been a career Foreign Service Officer within the U.S. State Department. Beginning in 1988,she has had a series of postings and roles related to the Caribbean and Africa,leading to her being the Director of the Office of Caribbean Affairs from 2009 to 2012. She then served as the United States Ambassador to Swaziland from 2012 to 2016. Later,she was Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Africa and the Sudans from 2018 to 2020.
Donald L. Heflin is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Cape Verde from 2015 to 2018.
Cynthia Kierscht is an official at the United States Department of State who has served as the United States Ambassador to Mauritania since June 22,2021. President Biden on January 23,2023,announced his intent to nominate Kierscht as the next US Ambassador to Djibouti.
