Vernelle Trim FitzPatrick | |
|---|---|
 | |
| United States Ambassador to Gabon | |
| Assumed office January 26, 2024 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | David G. Mosby (Chargéd'Affaires) |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Davidson College (BA) George Washington University (Master's degree) |
Vernelle Trim FitzPatrick is an American diplomat who is serving as the United States ambassador to Gabon. [1]
FitzPatrick earned her bachelor's degree from Davidson College and her master's degree from George Washington University in Washington,D.C. [1]
FitzPatrick is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service,with the rank of Counselor. Currently,she serves as Office Director for the Office of Assistance to Africa in the Bureau of Population,Refugees,and Migration at the United States Department of State in Washington,D.C. Previously,FitzPatrick served as the Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Yaoundé,Cameroon [2] and before this assignment,she served as Acting Deputy Director for the Office of Central African Affairs in the Bureau of African Affairs at the State Department. She also has served as deputy director for the Office of West African Affairs in the Bureau of African Affairs. FitzPatrick has also served as an Ethiopia Desk Officer in the Office of East African Affairs and held positions as the Political Section Chief at the U.S. Embassy in Accra,Ghana,as well as a Political Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo,Bosnia and Herzegovina. [1]
On February 27,2023,President Joe Biden nominated FitzPatrick to be the next ambassador to Gabon. [1] Hearings on her nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June 21,2023. On July 13,2023,her nomination was favorably reported out of committee. On November 29,2023,her nomination was confirmed by United States Senate by voice vote. [3] She was sworn into office on January 12,2024. [4] She arrived in Gabon on January 16,2024. [5] She presented her credentials to Transitional President of Gabon Brice Oligui on January 26,2024. [6]
FitzPatrick participated in a discussion roundtable that centered around women refugees in Africa and how to promote peace. [7]
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.
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.
Herro Kader Mustafa Garg is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Egypt since November 2023. She served as the United States ambassador to Bulgaria from October 2019 to March 2023.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield is an American diplomat who serves as the United States ambassador to the United Nations under President Joe Biden. She served as the U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs from 2013 to 2017. Thomas-Greenfield then worked in the private sector as a senior vice president at business strategy firm Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington,D.C.
Stephanie Sanders Sullivan is an American diplomat and the previous ambassador to Ghana. She served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central African Affairs and Security Affairs for the Bureau of African Affairs from January 2017 to November 2018. She previously served as United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo,having been nominated by President Obama on June 13,2013,confirmed by the Senate on August 1,2013,and served through January 20,2017.
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.
Virginia Evelyn Palmer is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Ghana since 2022. Palmer is the former United States ambassador to Malawi. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate,beginning the assignment in January 2015.
Lisa J. Peterson is an American diplomat and the former United States Ambassador to Eswatini. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on September 16,2015,and confirmed by the Senate on Nov. 19,2015. She left her post on December 1,2020. Between January 20 and July 14,2021,she served in the Biden administration as the Acting Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security,Democracy,and Human Rights in 2021.
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.
Patricia Alice Mahoney is an American diplomat serving as the United States Ambassador to the Central African Republic. She previously served as the United States Ambassador to Benin.
Kristina A. Kvien is an American diplomat who has served as United States ambassador to Armenia since February 2023. She previously served as United States chargéd’affaires to Ukraine from May to June 2019 and from January 2020 to May 2022. From June 2019 to January 2020,she was deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of the United States in Kyiv.
Heide Bronke Fulton is an American diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Uruguay since March 2023. She previously served as the Chargéd'affaires ad interim to Honduras from June 11,2017 to July 12,2019.
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 has served as the United States Ambassador to Mauritania since June 22,2021. President Biden on January 23,2023,announced his intent to nominate Kierscht as the next US Ambassador to Djibouti.
Kathleen Ann Kavalec is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Romania since February 2023. She is a former nominee to be the United States ambassador to Albania under President Donald Trump.
Pamela Marie Tremont is an American diplomat who is the nominee to be the United States ambassador to Zimbabwe.
Kathleen A. FitzGibbon is an American diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Niger since August 2023.
Elizabeth Rood is an American diplomat who served as the chargée d'affaires of the U.S. mission to Russia from 2022 to 2023,and is the nominee to serve as the United States ambassador to Turkmenistan.
Ana A. Escrogima is an American diplomat who is an American diplomat who has served as the US ambassador to Oman since 2023.