Dafna Hochman Rand | |
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| 14th Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor | |
| Assumed office August 8, 2024 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Robert Destro |
Dafna Hochman Rand is an American diplomat serving as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy,Human Rights,and Labor.
Rand graduated from Lexington High School (Massachusetts) in 1996. [1] She received her BA from Harvard University and her PhD in political science from Columbia University. [2]
Early in her career,Rand worked at Seeds of Peace International Camp in Maine and the Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development in Herzliyah,Israel. [3]
Rand served as the foreign policy advisor to US Senator Frank Lautenberg from 2002 to 2004. [4]
She served as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Democracy,Human Rights and Labor at the US Department of State from 2015 until 2017. [5]
She was the Vice President of Policy and Research at Mercy Corps,a non-governmental organization,from 2017 to 2021. [6]
Rand was Director of the Office of Foreign Assistance at the US Department of State from June 21,2021,to May 12,2023. [6] [7]
She was confirmed as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy,Human Rights,and Labor on August 1,2024. [8]
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