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.
The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) is a Washington,D.C.-based 527 organization founded in 1983,consisting of U.S. state and territorial governors affiliated with the Democratic Party. The mission of the organization is to provide party support to the election and re-election of Democratic gubernatorial candidates. The DGA's Republican counterpart is the Republican Governors Association. The DGA is not directly affiliated with the non-partisan National Governors Association.
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.
María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés is an Ecuadorian politician and diplomat. She was the President of the United Nations General Assembly for the 73rd session from 2018 to 2019. She served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under President Lenín Moreno from May 2017 to June 2018. She also held several other Ministerial posts before,including as Minister of National Defense of from 28 November 2012 to 23 September 2014. She served as the Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations in Geneva from 2008 to 2009 and again from October 2014 to May 2017. Besides her political career she is also a poet and essayist.
Catherine Mary Russell is an American attorney and political adviser who is the executive director of UNICEF as of 2022. Russell previously served as Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office,United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues,and Chief of Staff to then-Second Lady of the United States Jill Biden.
Betty Eileen King is an American diplomat born in Saint Vincent,West Indies. From 2010 to 2013 she served as the Representative of the United States to the European Office of the United Nations in Geneva,Switzerland.
The United States Mission to the United Nations (USUN) serves as the United States delegation to the United Nations. USUN is responsible for carrying out the nation's participation in the world body. In 1947,the United States Mission was created by an act of Congress to assist the President and the Department of State in conducting United States policy at the United Nations. Since that time,USUN has served a vital role as the Department of State's UN branch. Today,USUN has approximately 150 people on staff who serve to represent the United States’political,economic social,legal,military,public diplomacy,and management interests at the United Nations.
Sameh Hassan Shoukry(Arabic:سامحشكري;born 20 October 1952) is an Egyptian diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2024. Previously,Shoukry served as the Ambassador of Egypt to the United States from 2008 to 2012.
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.
Rosemary Anne DiCarlo is an American diplomat who has served as United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs since May 2018. She previously served as acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations following the resignation of Susan Rice to become the National Security Advisor.
Anne Anderson is a former Irish diplomat. She was the 17th Ambassador of Ireland to the United States. She has also been Ambassador of Ireland to the United Nations,the European Union,France,and Monaco,the first woman to hold each of these positions.
Keith Michael Harper is an American attorney and diplomat who was the first Native American to ever receive the rank of a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council. He is a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and as a lawyer he is known for working on behalf of Native Americans. He was,from June 2014 to January 2017,the U.S. representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Michael Møller is president of the Diplomatic Forum of the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator Foundation,principal advisor at Macro Advisory Partners and member of the boards of several foundations,including the Kofi Annan Foundation. He is Honorary President of the Association of Former International Civil Sevants for Development (Greycells). He is a Danish former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and the 12th director-general of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG). He was also the secretary-general of the Conference on Disarmament and the United Nations Secretary-General's personal representative to the conference. He was appointed to these roles by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in November 2013 and was reappointed by Secretary-General António Guterres in February 2017 for another year. Møller has over 40 years of experience as an international civil servant in the United Nations System,serving in different roles in New York,Iran,Mexico,Haiti and Geneva. Prior to his tenure as director-general,he was the executive director of the Kofi Annan Foundation from 2008 to 2011.
Bathsheba "Sheba" Nell Crocker is an American diplomat who is currently serving as the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva. She previously served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 2014 to 2017.
International Gender Champions (IGC) is a network of female and male leaders of member states,international organizations,and civil society working for gender equality. It is an initiative of Women@TheTable,and was founded in 2015 by Caitlin Kraft-Buchman of Women@TheTable,Ambassador Pam Hamamoto,Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations in Geneva,and Michael Møller,the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and current Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Audra Plepytė is a Lithuanian career diplomat and ambassador. Since May 2021,she is the Lithuanian Ambassador to the United States and Mexico. From 2017,she was the Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations,where she was elected as the vice-president of the UNICEF Executive Board Bureau on January 12,2021. Plepytėwas the Lithuanian ambassador to Spain and UNWTO from 2010 to 2014.
LêThịTuyết Mai is a Vietnamese diplomat. In February 2020,she was appointed Vietnam's permanent representative to the United Nations Office,the World Trade Organization,and other international organizations based in Geneva.
