The Organization of American States is an international organization that was founded on 30 April 1948 for the purposes of solidarity and co-operation among its member states within the Americas. Headquartered in the US capital,Washington,D.C.,the OAS has 34 members,which are independent states in the Americas. Since the 1990s,the organization has focused on election monitoring. The head of the OAS is the Secretary General;the incumbent is Uruguayan Luis Almagro.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that promotes United States exports of nonagricultural U.S. services and goods.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (OAS).
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States is the highest position within the Organization of American States.
Lynn Morley Martin is an American businesswoman and former United States politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois from 1981 to 1991,representing the 16th congressional district,and as U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1991 to 1993.
Robert Nicholas Burns is an American diplomat and academic who is the Senate-confirmed nominee to be the next United States Ambassador to China. Burns is a professor of diplomacy and international politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and a member of the Board of Directors of the school's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He is director of the Aspen Strategy Group,senior counselor at The Cohen Group,and serves on the board of directors of Entegris,Inc.
Catalina "Cathi" Vásquez Villalpando is the 39th Treasurer of the United States who served from December 11,1989,to January 20,1993 under President George H. W. Bush and is the only U.S. Treasurer ever to be sent to prison. She had held minor positions under President Ronald Reagan and had chaired the Republican National Hispanic Assembly. In 1994,Villalpando was found guilty of obstruction of justice and tax evasion.
The White House Office is an entity within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). The White House Office is headed by the White House chief of staff,who is also the head of the Executive Office of the President. The staff work for and report directly to the president,including West Wing staff and the president's senior advisers. Almost all of the White House Office staff are political appointees of the president,do not require Senate confirmation and can be dismissed at the discretion of the president. Aside from Cabinet secretaries and Supreme Court justices,whose nominations require the approval of the Senate,the President of the United States has the authority to appoint people to high-level positions within the federal government unilaterally.
Leslie Sanchez is a Latina American author,political pundit affiliated with the Republican Party,and founder/CEO of Impacto Group LLC,a Washington,D.C.-based market research and consulting firm.
Catherine M. Russell is an American attorney,political adviser,and director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office. She was the United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues from May 8,2013,until January 20,2017. Before that,she was chief of staff to the Second Lady of the United States,Jill Biden. On December 10,2021,she was appointed the executive director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Helene Antonia von Damm is a former United States diplomat and Ambassador to Austria who also worked as an assistant to President Ronald Reagan.
Mari Carmen Aponte is an American attorney and diplomat who served as acting assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs on May 5,2016. She also served as U.S. ambassador to El Salvador from August 2010 until December 2011 and again from June 14,2012,until December 2015. Before that she was serving as a member of the board of directors of Oriental Group,a major financial and banking services enterprise in Puerto Rico. President Obama also nominated her as the United States' permanent representative to the Organization of American States,but the Senate had not acted upon that nomination upon adjournment in December,2014.
Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón is a Dominican-American attorney and diplomat who is the Senate-confirmed nominee to be the next United States Ambassador to Spain as well as Andorra. She is the current chief of staff to First Lady Jill Biden. She formerly served as a litigation and international arbitration partner with the international law firm Winston &Strawn LLP. She was previously a partner with Chadbourne &Parke LLP,practicing in the firm's International Arbitration and Latin America groups. Reynoso is also affiliated with the faculty at Columbia University School of Law and the School of International and Public Affairs. From March 2012 until December 2014,she served as United States ambassador to Uruguay. She is a former deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the United States Department of State. President Biden nominated her to be the next United States Ambassador to Spain on July 27,2021,being confirmed on December 18,2021.
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.
The Secretariat for Multidimensional Security of the Organization of American States is a part of the General Secretariat,which is headquartered in Washington,D.C.,United States. The Secretariat for Multidimensional Security has a mandate to promote cooperation between Organization's Member States,Inter-American and international organizations,as well as with entities such as the United Nations and its subsidiaries,in order to analyze,prevent,confront and respond to security threats.
Katherine L. Archuleta is an American teacher and a political executive. She was the director of the United States Office of Personnel Management. President Barack Obama appointed her on May 23,2013. She was sworn in on November 4,2013. She had previously served as National Political Director for Obama's 2012 reelection campaign. Prior to that,she had been executive director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation in New Mexico,had co-founded the Latina Initiative,had worked at a Denver law firm,and had worked in the Clinton Administration as chief of staff to the Secretary of Transportation,Federico Peña. She became embroiled in controversy after the disclosure of a massive national security breach in June 2015. The hack involved the theft of millions of federal employee records and included security-clearance details dating back 15 years,which prompted lawmakers from both political parties to demand that she resign. On July 10,2015,Archuleta tendered her resignation.
Carmen Sánchez de Bustamante Calvo was a Bolivian woman's rights advocate and the first Bolivian woman to serve on the OAS's Inter-American Commission of Women. She also served on the organizing committee from the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom for the Primer Congreso Interamericano de Mujeres. A Bolivian women's rights organization,the Carmen Sánchez Bustamante Foundation was named in recognition of her work to promote women's rights.
Nestor Mendez is a Belizean diplomat and politician. He is currently the Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States.
Dolores Jiménez Hernández is a Mexican diplomat who currently serves as the ambassador of Mexico to Honduras.
Michael J. Fitzpatrick is an American diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Ecuador since 2019.
