Richard A. Boucher is an American diplomat who was deputy secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 2009 until 2013. He took up post on November 5,2009. Prior to joining OECD,he was the assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs,a position he assumed on February 21,2006. The Bureau of South Asian Affairs was expanded to include the nations of Central Asia shortly before his confirmation.
The Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP),formerly the Office of Chinese Affairs,is part of the United States Department of State and is charged with advising the secretary of state and under secretary of state for political affairs on matters of the Asia-Pacific region,as well as dealing with U.S. foreign policy and U.S. relations with countries in the region. It is headed by the assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs,who reports to the under secretary of state for political affairs.
Thomas Alfred Shannon Jr. is an American diplomat who served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2016 to 2018. In early 2017,Shannon served as acting United States Secretary of State until President Donald Trump's nominee,Rex Tillerson,was confirmed. He was also acting Deputy Secretary of State of the United States until the Senate confirmed President Trump's nominee,John J. Sullivan.
Kathleen Stephens was the United States ambassador to South Korea from 2008 to 2011. She also served as the United States' chargéd'affaires to India from March to December 2014. She currently leads the Korea Economic Institute of America as president and CEO.
Joseph Edward Lake is an American career diplomat who,in 1990,became the first resident U.S. Ambassador to the Mongolian People's Republic. Later,he was named U.S. Ambassador to Albania (1994–1996) and then Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Information Management (1996–1997). He is the father of late science fiction author Jay Lake.
James Peter Zumwalt is an American diplomat with expertise in trade,economy,and East Asia. On November 19,2014,he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the U.S. Ambassador to Senegal and to Guinea-Bissau. Previously,he worked as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs,covering Japan and Korea. Until December 2011,he was the Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo where he also served as chargéd'affaires ad interim during the absence of an Ambassador from January to August 2009. He coordinated the U.S. Embassy's response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Joyce Anne Barr American diplomat and a career foreign service officer in the Department of State. She served as an Assistant Secretary of State for Administration and Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer. Prior to that,Barr was the International Affairs Advisor at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Her previous assignment was as the Executive Director for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP) within the State Department. She served as the ambassador to Namibia from 2004 to 2007.
The Embassy of the United States in Beijing is the diplomatic mission of the United States in China. It serves as the administrative office of the United States Ambassador to China. The embassy complex is in Chaoyang,Beijing.
Joseph Yuosang Yun is an American diplomat. He is the former U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Compact Negotiations,appointed in March 2022 by President Joe Biden to negotiate amendments to the Compact of Free Association (CFA),the agreement governing the relationship between the United States and the Freely Associated States (FAS) of the Federated States of Micronesia,the Republic of the Marshall Islands,and Palau.
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 was the director of the American Institute in Taiwan,the de facto embassy of the United States in Taiwan,from 2015 to 2018.
Christopher J. Marut is an American diplomat who last served as Director of the American Institute in Taiwan,the de facto embassy of the United States in Taiwan,from 2012 to 2015. He also served as acting consul general of the Consulate General of the United States,Hong Kong and Macau from 2009 to 2010. He later served as foreign policy advisor to Commander,United States Pacific Command (CDRUSPACOM),Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr.
Kurt Walter Tong is a business consultant and former American diplomat,and the former Consul General of the United States of America to Hong Kong and Macau during the Umbrella Revolution. He joined The Asia Group LLC in July 2019 and is a Managing Partner at the firm.
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.
W. Patrick Murphy is a career U.S. diplomat. A Senior Foreign Service Officer,he served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 2018 to 2019,fulfilling the duties of Acting Assistant Secretary,and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Southeast Asia and Multilateral Affairs,2016–2018. He previously served as Chargéd'affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission in the Kingdoms of Thailand and Lesotho. He was nominated on January 16,2019 to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Susan Nan Stevenson is an American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service who had served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research from October 2021 to June 2023. She previously served as the United States ambassador to Equatorial Guinea from 2019 to 2021.
Matthew John Matthews was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Brunei from 2019 to 2020.
Susan Lenore Bremner is an American diplomat who served as Chargéd’Affaires ad interim to Eritrea from July 2012 to April 2014.,and Chargéd'Affaires ad interim to Chad during her tenure as Deputy chief of mission (DCM) from 2009 to 2011. She was with the State Department for 30 years,serving in Asia,Europe and Africa.
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.
Sandra Springer Oudkirk is a United States diplomat who previously served as Director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT),the de facto embassy of the United States in Taiwan. She is the first woman to hold the role. Oudkirk's prior appointments include U.S. Senior Official for APEC and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Australia,New Zealand,and the Pacific Islands in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
Elizabeth Anne Noseworthy Fitzsimmons is an American diplomat who had served as the United States Ambassador to Togo. She has serve Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Conflict and Stabilization Operations since August 12,2024.
