Anne Woods Patterson is an American diplomat and career Foreign Service Officer. She served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs from 2013 to 2017. She previously served as United States Ambassador to Egypt until 2013 and as United States Ambassador to Pakistan from July 2007 to October 2010.
Patrick Francis Kennedy is a former career Foreign Service Officer who served as the U.S. State Department's Under Secretary of State for Management. He was Director of the Office of Management Policy,Rightsizing and Innovation. He has been Deputy Director for Management at the cabinet level Office of the Director of National Intelligence;he returned to the Department of State on May 7,2007. Kennedy was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations for Management and Reform and previously served as Chief of Staff for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. He was the Assistant Secretary of State for Administration for the Clinton Administration from 1993 to 2001. In 2014,Kennedy was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
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.
Tracey Ann Jacobson is an American diplomat and a former United States ambassador to Turkmenistan,Tajikistan,Kosovo and Ethiopia. She served as the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from January 2017 through October 2017. She retired then returned to active duty in 2021 as the State Department's Director of the Afghanistan Task Force,and then as Chargéd’Affaires,ad interim,at the Embassy in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia. In January 2024,she was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the United States ambassador to Iraq.
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.
Jonathan Don Farrar was the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Panama from 2012 to 2015. He was previously the Chief of Mission of the United States Interests Section in Havana,Cuba,from July 2008 to September 2011.
Helen Reed-Rowe,a career diplomat of the Senior Foreign Service,served as the first resident United States Ambassador to Palau.
African-Americans in foreign policy in the United States catalogs distinguished African Americans who have and continue to contribute to international development,diplomacy,and defense through their work with the U.S. Department of State,the U.S. Agency for International Development,the U.S. Information Agency,and the U.S. Congress,and other notable agencies and non-governmental organizations. The creators acknowledge the presence of the interagency contributions to the foreign affairs realm,and welcome additional content to showcase the achievements of African-Americans in other relevant USG agencies.
Piper Anne Wind Campbell is a professor of practice and former American diplomat. She was the 9th U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia. From June to December 2018,Campbell was the Chargéd'affaires ad interim at the United States Mission to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. She is inaugural Chair of the Department of Foreign Policy and Global Security at American University's School of International Service,directing its US Foreign Policy and National Security (USFP) as well as International Affairs Policy and Analysis (IAPA) graduate programs.
Maureen Elizabeth Cormack is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2015 to 2019. She served as acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs from August to September 2021.
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.
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.
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.
Robert Francis Cekuta is a career Foreign Service Officer,and served as U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan from February 2015 through March 2018.
Carol Zelis Perez is a career Foreign Service Officer,who previously served as the Director General of the Foreign Service. Perez served as the U.S. Ambassador to Chile from October 2016 to January 2019.
Lisa Anne Johnson is an American diplomat who is serving as the United States ambassador to Lebanon. She previously served as the United States ambassador to Namibia from 2018 to 2021.
Lynne M. Tracy is an American diplomat who is the United States ambassador to Russia,serving since January 2023. She formerly served as the United States ambassador to Armenia from 2019 to 2022.
Thomas Frederick Daughton is an American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service currently serving as Deputy Commandant and International Affairs Advisor at the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy at the National Defense University in Washington,D.C. From 2014 through 2017,he was the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia.
Julie D. Fisher is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Cyprus since February 2023.
Cynthia Kierscht is an official at the United States Department of State who had served as the United States ambassador to Mauritania. On May 2,2024,she was confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as the United States ambassador to Djibouti.
