Maura A. Harty

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Maura Ann Harty
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Maura Harty in 2006
Born1959 (age 6465)
Employer International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC)
TitlePresident & CEO
Predecessor Ernie Allen

Maura Ann Harty (born 1959) [1] is an American diplomat. She was United States Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs from November 21, 2002, to February 29, 2008. She was a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. She was then the President and CEO of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Make a Wish Foundation. In November 2014, Harty was appointed President & CEO of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC).

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Biography

Harty is a native of Staten Island, New York. She graduated from New Dorp High School in 1977, where she was elected "Most Likely to Succeed" and "Class Citizen". Harty received her bachelor's degree at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, where she was a member of the Mu Alpha chapter of the service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega. [2]

She began her career with the Department of State in 1981 as a vice-consul in Mexico City, Mexico, and was one of two Foreign Service Officers sent to accompany U.S. forces during the invasion of Grenada (to help evacuate American citizen medical students from the island).

  1. "Maura Ann Harty (1959–)". Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  2. "American Diplomatic and consular service". State Magazine. The Department: 7. 1997 via United States. Department of State.
  3. "New Chief Executive Appointed For The International Centre For Missing & Exploited Children; Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Maura Harty to Succeed Leading Child Protection Advocate Ernie Allen". ICMEC. October 13, 2014.
Maura A. Harty
19th Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State
In office
2001–2002
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Paraguay
October 22, 1997 – May 30, 1999
Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs
November 20, 2002 – February 29, 2008
Succeeded by