Peter Tarnoff was an American politician who served as the under secretary of state for political affairs during the first term of President Bill Clinton,from 1993 to 1997. In May 1997,United States secretary of state Madeleine Albright presented him with the Department of State's highest award,the Distinguished Service Award for extraordinary service in advancing American interests through creative and effective diplomacy.
Nancy Jo Powell was the United States Ambassador to India from April 2012 to May 2014.
Laurence Desaix Anderson was a career United States Foreign Service officer specializing in East Asian affairs,and served as American Chargéd'Affaires ad interim to Vietnam.
Mark C. Minton is career member (retired) of the United States Foreign Service and served as the U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia from 2006 to 2009. He was formerly president of the Korea Society from 2010 to 2015 and then joined the faculty of the School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington.
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.
Eunice Sharon Reddick is an American diplomat and is a former ambassador to Niger. She previously served as the U.S. ambassador to Gabon and São Toméand Príncipe.
Stephen D. Mull is a Senior Foreign Service officer who was most recently the Acting Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs. He previously served as United States Ambassador to Poland,Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs and United States Ambassador to Lithuania.
Glyn Townsend Davies is a senior advisor at ASG,a strategy and commercial diplomacy firm. A career member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service,he served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations International Organizations in Vienna from 2009 to 2011,as Special Representative for North Korea Policy from 2011 to 2014,and as Ambassador to Thailand from 2015 to 2018.
Richard Merrill Mills Jr. is an American diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Nigeria since July 2024. He served as the United States deputy ambassador to the United Nations from 2020 to 2024 and,in that capacity,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.
Kin Wah Moy(born 1966) is an American diplomat and holds the diplomatic rank of career minister. He is the first Chinese-American to hold the post as director of the American Institute in Taiwan. Having served in the Department of State and several diplomatic outposts,he began his tenure as the director of the American Institute in Taiwan,the de facto embassy of the United States in Taiwan,in June 2015.
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.
Lisa J. Peterson is an American diplomat who has served United States Ambassador to Burundi since June 27,2024. She had served United States Ambassador to Eswatini 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.
Susan Ashton Thornton is a former American diplomat and former acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
Gillian Arlette Milovanovic is an American diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Macedonia from 2005 to 2007 succeeding Lawrence Butler,and ambassador to Mali from 2007 to 2011. In 2012 Milovanovic was appointed the chair of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme on behalf of the United States,the first woman to hold that position.
Thomas Laszlo Vajda is an American diplomat who had served as the United States Ambassador to Myanmar between 2021-2022.
Julie Jiyoon Chung,birth name as Chung Ji-yoon,is a Korean-American diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka since 2022. She previously served as Acting Assistant Secretary and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the United States Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA). Her first overseas assignment was in Guangzhou,China. Chung has later served in several posts in Japan,Vietnam,Thailand,Cambodia,Colombia and Iraq.
Steven H. Fagin is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Yemen since 2022.
Michael J. Adler is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to South Sudan since 2022.
Richard Lee Buangan is an American diplomat who has served as United States ambassador to Mongolia since November 2022.
Manuel P. Micaller Jr. is an American diplomat who has served as United States ambassador to Tajikistan since March 2023.
