Ryan Clark Crocker is an American retired diplomat who served as a career ambassador within the United States Foreign Service and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He has served as United States Ambassador to Afghanistan (2011–2012),Iraq (2007–2009),Pakistan (2004–2007),Syria (1998–2001),Kuwait,and Lebanon (1990–1993). In January 2010,he became Dean of Texas A&M University's George Bush School of Government and Public Service.
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.
William Joseph Burns is an American diplomat serving as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Biden administration since March 19,2021. He previously served as the United States deputy secretary of state from 2011 to 2014,and in 2009 he served as Acting Secretary of State before the Senate confirmation of Hillary Clinton. He retired from the United States Foreign Service in 2014 after a 32-year diplomatic career. From 2014 to 2021,he served as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Nancy Goodman Brinker is the founder of The Promise Fund and Susan G. Komen for the Cure,an organization named after her only sister,who died from breast cancer. Brinker was also United States Ambassador to Hungary from 2001 to 2003 and Chief of Protocol of the United States from 2007 to the end of the George W. Bush administration. Brinker,a breast cancer survivor,uses her experience to increase awareness and understanding of the disease. In 2011 she was appointed to be a Goodwill Ambassador for Cancer Control by the World Health Organization.For her work on breast cancer research,Time magazine named Brinker to its 2008 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Calling her "a catalyst to ease suffering in the world," President Barack Obama honored Brinker with the Presidential Medal of Freedom,the nation's highest civilian honor,on August 12,2009.
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.
Shari English Woods Villarosa is a United States diplomat and career foreign service officer. She was the United States Ambassador to Mauritius and to the Seychelles from 2012 to 2017.
Thomas Daley is the current U.S. ambassador to East Timor.
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. Since 2019,she has 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.
Gerald Michael Feierstein was the United States Ambassador to Yemen under President Barack Obama from September 2010 to October 2013. Since December 2013,Feierstein has served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs in the Department of State.
Clarence Steven McGann is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Fiji,Kiribati,Nauru,Tonga,and Tuvalu from 2008 to 2011. He was nominated by President George W. Bush,and assumed his duties at post in October 2008.
The Order of Timor-Leste is the highest honour currently awarded by East Timor. Established in 2009,the order was created after the original honours granted by East Timor. It is of a more general and broader nature than the original orders related to East Timor's independence. The order recognises the contributions of East Timorese and foreign nationals who have made a significant contribution to East Timor,the Timorese or Mankind in general.
Jeffrey D. Levine was nominated by U.S. President Barack Obama to be the United States Ambassador to Estonia on February 17,2012 and was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 29,2012. He presented his credentials to President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves on September 17,2012. He left his post in 2015.
Azita Raji was an Iranian-born American diplomat,banker,and philanthropist. She was nominated by President Barack Obama in October 2014 to serve as the United States ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden,and confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate in February 2016. She presented her credentials to King Carl XVI Gustaf on March 15,2016,and completed her tour of duty on January 20,2017.
Karen Clark Stanton is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to East Timor. Stanton was nominated by President Barack Obama July 31,2013 and confirmed by the Senate November 19,2014.
Judith Gail "Judy" Garber is an American diplomat and the current United States Ambassador to Cyprus. She previously served as the U.S. Ambassador to Latvia and as the acting Assistant Secretary for Oceans,Environment and Science at the Department of State.
Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir is the Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State. She previously served as the United States Ambassador to Malaysia from 2017 to 2021.
Charles Kevin Blackstone is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to East Timor from March to August 2021. He previously served as the executive director of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 2017 to 2020.
