Biographies Listed Alphabetically by Last Name

Below is a list of Department officials, some of whom are Chiefs of Mission overseas.  Biographies of these individuals are posted here when available.  Also see a list by title or country name.

Aguirre, Eduardo, Jr.; Ambassador, Spain
Allen, Bernadette; Ambassador, Niger
Arietti, Michael R.; Ambassador, Rwanda
Arnall, Roland E.; Ambassador, The Netherlands
Ashe, Victor; Ambassador, Poland
Austin, Roy L.; Ambassador, Trinidad and Tobago
Bailey, Catherine Todd; Ambassador, Latvia
Barclay, H. Douglas; Ambassador, El Salvador
Barnes, Marsha E.; Ambassador, Suriname
Barr, Joyce A.; Ambassador, Republic of Namibia
Baxter, Frank E.; Ambassador, Uruguay
Bellinger III, John B.; Legal Adviser
Bergner, Jeffrey T. Dr; Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs
Beyrle, John R.; Ambassador, Bulgaria
Bishop, Clyde; Ambassador, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Blake, Robert O.; Ambassador, Sri Lanka and Maldives
Bliss, Donald T.; Ambassador, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal
Booth, Donald E. ; Ambassador, Liberia
Bordonaro, Molly; Ambassador, Malta
Bost, Eric M.; Ambassador, South Africa
Bottner, Andrea G.; Senior Coordinator, Office of International Women's Issues
Boucher, Richard A.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
Boyce, Ralph L. "Skip"; Ambassador, Kingdom of Thailand
Bradtke, Robert A.; Ambassador, Croatia
Bridgewater, Pamela E.; Ambassador, Ghana
Brown, Gayleatha B.; Ambassador, Benin
Brown, Laurence G., MD; Director, Office of Medical Services
Brownfield, William R.; Ambassador, Venezuela
Browning, Steven A. ; Ambassador, Uganda
Brush, Jennifer L. ; Charge d'Affaires, Turkmenistan
Burns, R. Nicholas; Under Secretary, Political Affairs
Burns, William Joseph; Ambassador, Russia
Butenis, Patricia A. ; Ambassador, Bangladesh
Byerly, John R.; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Transportation Affairs
Cabrera, Cesar B.; Ambassador, Republic of Mauritius and Republic of Seychelles
Cain, James P.; Ambassador, Denmark
Campbell, John; Ambassador, Nigeria
Canavan, Katherine H. ; Ambassador, Republic of Botswana
Carter, Phillip; Ambassador, Republic of Guinea
Casey, Tom; Deputy Spokesman, Bureau of Public Affairs
Cason, James C. ; Ambassador, Paraguay
Chellaraj, Rajkumar; Assistant Secretary, Administration
Christensen, Thomas J.; Deputy Assistant Secretary, China, Taiwan, Mongolia, Hong Kong
Cloud, John A.; Ambassador, Lithuania
Cohen, Eliot A.; Counselor of the Department
Coneway, Peter R.; Ambassador, Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Courville, Cindy Dr.; Ambassador, African Union
Crocker, Ryan C.; Ambassador, Iraq
Cunningham, James B.; Consul General, Hong Kong
Curtin, Jeremy; Coordinator, Bureau of International Information Programs
Dailey, Dell L.; Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism
Davies, Glyn T. ; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands
Davis, Ruth A.; Special Adviser
DeLisi, Scott H.; Ambassador, Eritrea
DeSutter, Paula A.; Assistant Secretary, Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
Dell, Christopher William; Ambassador, Republic of Zimbabwe
Derham, James M.; Ambassador, Guatemala
Derse, Anne E.; Ambassador, Azerbaijan
Dibble, Elizabeth L.; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Finance and Development
Dieter, Robert J.; Ambassador, Belize
Dinger, Larry M.; Ambassador, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, Tuvalu
Dobriansky, Paula J.; Under Secretary, Democracy and Global Affairs
Dunn, David B. ; Ambassador, Togo
Dybul, Mark; U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
Eastham, Alan; Ambassador, Malawi
Eaton, William Alan ; Ambassador, Panama
Efird, Cynthia G. ; Ambassador, Republic of Angola
Ereli, Joseph A.; Ambassador, Bahrain
Fedoroff, Nina V.; Special Adviser, Science and Technology
Feigenbaum, Evan A.; Deputy Assistant Secretary, South and Central Asian Affairs
Feltman, Jeffrey; Ambassador, Lebanon
Fernandez, Alberto M.; Charge d'Affaires, Sudan
Finley, Julie; Ambassador, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Foley, April H.; Ambassador, Hungary
Foley, Thomas C.; Ambassador, Ireland
Ford, Charles A. ; Ambassador, Honduras
Ford, Robert S.; Ambassador, Algeria
Fore, Henrietta H. ; Under Secretary, Management
Fort, Randall M.; Assistant Secretary, Intelligence and Research
Fox, Sam; Ambassador, Belgium
Fraker, Ford M.; Ambassador, Saudi Arabia
Frazer, Jendayi E. ; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs
Fried, Daniel; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
Garza, Antonio O. Jr. ; Ambassador, Mexico
Glazer, Charles L.; Ambassador, Republic of El Salvador
Godec, Robert F.; Ambassador, Tunisia
Goldberg, Philip S.; Ambassador, Bolivia
Graber, Richard W.; Ambassador, Czech Republic
Grappo, Gary A.; Ambassador, Oman
Gray C. Boyden; Ambassador, European Union
Griffin, Richard J.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Diplomatic Security and Director of the Office of Foreign Missions
Gross, David A.; Ambassador, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy
Gunderson, Brian F.; Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary
Hale, David; Ambassador, Jordan
Hale, Suzanne K.; Ambassador, Federated States of Micronesia
Harty, Maura; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs
Heffern, John A.; Charge d'Affaires, Indonesia
Herbold, Patricia L.; Ambassador, Singapore
Herbst, John E.; Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization
Higgins, Bradford R.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Resource Management; Chief Financial Officer
Hill, Christopher R.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Hoagland, Richard E.; Ambassador, Tajikistan
Hoffman, Alfred , Jr.; Ambassador, Portugal
Hooks, Aubrey; Ambassador, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
Hughes, Karen P.; Under Secretary, Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Hull, Thomas N.; Ambassador, Republic of Sierra Leone
Hume, Cameron R.; Ambassador, Indonesia
Huso, Ravic R.; Ambassador, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Jackson, Jeanine ; Ambassador, Burkina Faso
Jacobs, Janice L.; Ambassador, Senegal and Guinea-Bissau
Jacobson, Tracey; Ambassador, Tajikistan
Jeffery, Reuben; Under Secretary,  Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs
Jeffrey, James F.; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
Jewell, Linda; Ambassador, Ecuador
John, Eric G.; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Southeast Asia
Johnson, Brenda LaGrange; Ambassador, Jamaica
Johnson, Donald C.; Ambassador, Equatorial Guinea
Jones, Richard H.; Ambassador, Israel
Kaidanow, Tina S.; Chief of Mission, Pristina, Kosovo
Kelly, Craig A.; Ambassador, Chile
Kennedy, J. Christian; Special Envoy, Holocaust Issues
Kenney, Kristie A. ; Ambassador, Philippines
Khalilzad, Zalmay; Permanent Representative to the UN
Kirby, Michael D.; Ambassador, Moldova
Klem, Hans G.; Ambassador, Timor-Leste
Kramer, Mary E.; Ambassador, Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean
Krongard, Howard J.; Inspector General
LaFleur, Christopher J.; Ambassador, Malaysia
Lagon, Mark P.; Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Landis, Lauren R.; Sr. Representative, Sudan, Sudan Programs Group
Langdale, Mark; Ambassador, Costa Rica
Lange, John E.; Special Representative, Avian and Pandemic Influenza
LeBaron, Joseph Evan ; Ambassador, The Islamic Republic of Mauritania
LeBaron, Richard; Ambassador, Kuwait
Lefkowitz, Jay; Special Envoy, Human Rights in North Korea
Lowenkron, Barry F.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
Malinowski, Michael E.; Ambassador, Kingdom of Nepal
Mann, Steven R,; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary,  South and Central Asian Affairs
Manzanares, J. Robert; Permanent Representative, Organization of American States (Acting)
Margolis, Jonathan; Deputy Coordinator, Bureau of International Information Programs
Marine, Michael W.; Ambassador, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Marquardt, R. Niels; Ambassador, Republic of Cameroon
Martinez, Carmen M.; Ambassador, Zambia
McCallum, Robert D.; Ambassador, Australia
McCaw, Susan; Ambassador, Austria
McCormack, Sean; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public Affairs
McCormick, William P.; Ambassador, New Zealand and Samoa
McCulley, Terence P.; Ambassador, Mali
McDonald, Jackson ; Ambassador, Republic of Guinea
McElhaney, Douglas L.; Ambassador, Bosnia and Herzegovina
McGee, James D.; Ambassador, Republic of Madagascar and Union of the Comoros
McKinley, P. Michael; Ambassador, Peru
McMurray, Claudia A.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Meece, Roger A.; Ambassador, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mermoud, J. Frank ; Special Representative, Commercial and Business Affairs
Michalak. Michael W.; Ambassador, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Milam, William B.; Charge d'Affaires, Libya
Milovanovic, Gillian; Ambassador, Macedonia
Minton, Mark C. ; Ambassador, Mongolia
Moller, Patricia N.; Ambassador, Burundi
Moore, Chris; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Trade Policy and Programs
Morella, Constance A.; Permanent Representative, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Moriarty, James F.; Ambassador, Nepal
Moss, Todd J.; Deputy Assistant Secretary, African Affairs
Mulford, David Campbell; Ambassador, India
Mull, Stephen D.; Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
Mussomeli, Joseph A.; Ambassador, Kingdom of Cambodia
Natsios, Andrew S.; Special Envoy, Sudan
Negroponte, John D.; Deputy Secretary of State
Neumann, Ronald E.; Ambassador, Afghanistan
Nuland, Victoria; Permanent Representative, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Oliver Louise V.; Permanent Representative, United Nations, Paris
Ordway, John M.; Ambassador, Kazakhstan
Ourisman, Mary M.; Ambassador, Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean
Panos, A. James ; Charge d'Affaires, Central African Republic
Parmly, Michael E.; Chief of Mission, Cuba
Patterson, Anne W.; Ambassador, Pakistan
Perry, June Carter; Ambassador, Kingdom of Lesotho
Phillips, Stanley Davis (Dave); Ambassador, Estonia
Pierce, Roger D.; Ambassador, Republic of Cape Verde
Polt, Michael C.; Ambassador, Serbia
Purnell, Jon; Ambassador, Uzbekistan
Ralston, Joseph W.; Special Envoy, Countering the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK)
Randt, Clark T., Jr.; Ambassador, People's Republic of China
Ranneberger, Michael E. ; Ambassador, Kenya
Render, Arlene; Ambassador, Cote d'Ivoire
Retzer, Michael L. ; Ambassador, Tanzania
Ricciardone, Francis J., Jr.; Ambassador, Arab Republic of Egypt
Rice, Condoleezza; Secretary of State
Rickman, Gregg; Special Envoy, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
Ries, Marcie Berman; Ambassador, Albania
Riley, Thomas; Ambassador, Morocco
Robertson, Thomas B.; Ambassador, Slovenia
Robinson, David M.; Ambassador, Guyana
Rood, John C.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
Rooney, Francis; Ambassador, Holy See
Rowe, Leslie V. ; Ambassador, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
Sanders, Jackie Wolcott; Ambassador, Conference on Disarmament and Special Representative of the President for the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Sanderson, Janet A.; Ambassador, Haiti
Satterfield, David M.; Senior Adviser, Coordinator for Iraq
Sauerbrey, Ellen R. ; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
Schieffer, J. Thomas; Ambassador, Japan
Schlicher, Ronald; Ambassador, Cyprus
Schreiber Hughes, Lisa Bobbie; Ambassador, Suriname
Schulte, Greg ; Permanent Representative, United Nations (Vienna)
Schweich, Thomas A.; Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
Seche, Stephen; Ambassador, Yemen
Shannon, Thomas A., Jr.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
Silverberg, Kristen; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs
Simons, Paul; Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities
Sison, Michele J.; Ambassador, United Arab Emirates
Skodon, Emil ; Ambassador, Brunei Darussalam
Smith, Daniel B.; Executive Secretary, The Executive Secretariat
Sobel, Clifford M.; Ambassador, Brazil
Sorenson, Robert E.; Consul General, Netherlands Antilles and Aruba
Spogli, Ronald P.; Ambassador, Italy
Stafford III, Joseph D. ; Ambassador, Republic of The Gambia
Stapleton, Craig Roberts; Ambassador, France
Stephens, D. Kathleen; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Japan and Korea
Stewart, Karen B.; Ambassador, Belarus
Sullivan, Daniel S.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs
Swan, James C.; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs
Symington, W. Stuart ; Ambassador, Djibouti
Tahir-Kheli, Shirin; Senior Adviser, Office of the Secretary
Taubman, Nicholas Frank; Ambassador, Romania
Taylor, William B.; Ambassador, Ukraine
Tefft, John; Ambassador, Georgia
Thomas-Greenfield, Linda; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, African Affairs
Thompson, Carol J.; Deputy Assistant Secretary, African Affairs
Tichenor, Warren W.; Ambassador, United Nations, Geneva
Timken, William R., Jr.; Ambassador, Germany
Trivelli, Paul A.; Ambassador, Nicaragua
Tuttle, Robert Holmes; Ambassador, United Kingdom
Twining, Charles H.; Charge d'Affaires, Mauritania
Untermeyer, Chase; Ambassador, Qatar
Vallee, Rodolphe "Skip" M.; Ambassador, Slovakia
Van Derhoff, James; Chief Information Officer, Bureau of Information Resource Management
Van Voorst, Carol ; Ambassador, Iceland
Vasquez, Gaddi H.; Ambassador, United Nations, Rome
Vershbow, Alexander; Ambassador, Republic of Korea
Villarosa, Shari; Charge d'Affaires, Union of Burma
Wagner, Ann; Ambassador, Luxembourg
Walkley, R. Barrie; Ambassador, Republic of Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
Wall, Marc M.; Ambassador, Republic of Chad
Walsh, James D.; Ambassador, Argentina
Ware, Marilyn; Ambassador, Finland
Warlick, James B.; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs
Wayne, Earl Anthony; Ambassador, Argentina
Weisberg, Robert ; Ambassador, Republic of Congo
Welch, C. David; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
Wells, Barry L.; Director, Office of Civil Rights and Chief Diversity Officer
Whiteside, Ruth A.; Director, Foreign Service Institute
Whitney, Benson K.; Ambassador, Norway
Wilkins, David H; Ambassador, Canada
Williams, Charles E.; Director, Overseas Buildings Operations
Williamson, Clint; Ambassador-at-Large, War Crimes Issues
Wilson, Ross; Ambassador, Turkey
Wisner, Frank G.; Special Envoy, Kosovo Final Status Talks
Wood, Michael M.; Ambassador, Sweden
Wood, William Braucher ; Ambassador, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Yamamoto, Donald Y.; Ambassador, Ethiopia
Yates, John M. ; Special Envoy, Somalia
Yovanovitch, Marie L. ; Ambassador, Kyrgyz Republic