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Foreign Service Personnel

FAS currently deploys 118 Foreign Service personnel in 55 countries around the world. Their names (in alphabetical order), positions and the locations of the offices to which they are assigned are listed below. Click on a name to send an e-mail message to that individual's office. Click on a location to view the office's details.
Name (Position) Office Location
Abdi, Ali (Attaché) Lagos, Nigeria

Ahmed, Hassan (Attaché) Rabat, Morocco

Anderson, Lisa (Attaché) Ottawa, Canada

Autry, Elizabeth (Attaché) Brasilia, Brazil

Ayala, Deanna (Attaché) Tokyo, Japan

Battaglia, Richard (Director) Monterrey, Mexico

Batwin, Wayne (Director) Shanghai, China

Beckman, Chanda (Attaché) Beijing, China

Berry, Elizabeth (Minister-Counselor) Paris, France

Brabant, LaVerne (Director) Beijing, China

Brenner, Claudine (Program Specialist) Geneva, Switzerland

Brown-Jones, Valerie (Deputy Director) Mexico City, Mexico

Butterworth, James (Director) Shenyang, China

Carroll, Joseph (Attaché) Baghdad, Iraq

Conlon, Michael (Director) Tokyo, Japan

Cottrell, David (Attaché) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dever, James (Counselor) Rome, Italy

Diaby, Souleymane (Attaché) Nairobi, Kenya

Dong, Joani (Director) Guangzhou, China

Drennan, Richard Todd (Attaché) Bogota, Colombia

Dries, Mark (Chief) Taipei, Taiwan

Eilks, Linda (Attaché) Guatemala, Guatemala

Flake, Oliver (Senior Attaché) New Delhi, India

Flake, Levin (Assistant Attaché) Lagos, Nigeria

Ford, Mark (Attaché) Mexico City, Mexico

Francis Jr, Norval (Acting Minister-Counselor) Ottawa, Canada

Francom, Michael (Attaché) Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Frederick, Chris (Deputy Chief) Taipei, Taiwan

Gifford, Ralph (Counselor) Ankara, Turkey

Giles, Frederick (Director) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Gonzales, Carlos (Attaché) Lima, Peru

Gonzalez, Omar (Ag Mktg Specialist) Miami, Caribbean Basin

Gray, Robin (Attaché) Rome, Italy

Gressel, Jonathan (Counselor) Baghdad, Iraq

Guven, Cynthia (Senior Attaché) Cairo, Egypt

Hackenburg, Stephanie (Admin Assistant) Beijing, China

Hager, Randall (Attaché) Caracas, Venezuela

Hammond, Stephen (Counselor) Nairobi, Kenya

Hansen, Erik (Attaché) Moscow, Russia

Hanson, Robert (Attaché) Dakar, Senegal

Hanson, Sarah (Director) Miami, Caribbean Basin

Harbert, Lloyd (Minister-Counselor) Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Heinen, Suzanne (Minister-Counselor) Mexico City, Mexico

Henke, Debra (Minister-Counselor) Brussels, Belgium

Higgins, Holly (Minister-Counselor) New Delhi, India

Hoff, Robert (Counselor) Guatemala, Guatemala

Hrapsky, Alan (Counselor) Brasilia, Brazil

Huete, Stephen (Attaché) The Hague, Netherlands

Huynh, Hoa (Attaché) Sofia, Bulgaria

Johnson, Dana (Director) Moscow, Russia

Juelle, Graciela (Ag Mktg Assistant) Miami, Caribbean Basin

Katial, Anita (Deputy Director) Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Kiefner, David (Deputy Director) Shanghai, China

Kurz, Peter (Minister-Counselor) Cairo, Egypt

Kuss, Erich (Senior Attaché) Mexico City, Mexico

Latner, Kevin (Attaché) Chengdu, China

Laughlin, Karen (Admin Assistant) Moscow, Russia

Leishman, David (Attaché) Brussels, Belgium

Lopez, Joseph (Attaché) Santiago, Chile

Maldonado, Julio (Attaché) Cairo, Egypt

McMackle, Tracy (Admin Assistant) Tokyo, Japan

McSherry, S. Rodrick (Counselor) London, United Kingdom

Meador, Melinda (Attaché) Paris, France

Mello, Elizabeth (Assistant Attaché) Bogota, Colombia

Mergen, David (Counselor) Buenos Aires, Argentina

Meyer, Gary (Counselor) Bangkok, Thailand

Miller, David (Minister-Counselor) Geneva, Switzerland

Morin, Julie (Attaché) Brasilia, Brazil

Murphy, Ann (Attaché) Kyiv, Ukraine

Mustard, Allan (Minister-Counselor) Mexico City, Mexico

Mustard, Allan (Minister-Counselor) Moscow, Russia

Nelson, Rachel (Attaché) Ankara, Turkey

Nishiura, Katherine (Senior Attaché) Geneva, Switzerland

Perkins, Morgan (Director) Sao Paulo, Brazil

Petry, Mark (Attaché) Beijing, China

Pettrie, Grant (Counselor) Canberra, Australia

Philhower, Eugene (Counselor) Lima, Peru

Phillips, Susan (Senior Attaché) Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Phillips, Stanley (Director) Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Pickelsimer, Corey (Attaché) Bangkok, Thailand

Purdy, Emiko (Counselor) Manila, Philippines

Ralph, Valerie (Attaché) Hanoi, Vietnam

Reid, Susan (Attaché) Sofia, Bulgaria

Reynolds, Scott (Minister-Counselor) Moscow, Russia

Richey, Bobby (Counselor) Berlin, Germany

Riedel, Michael (Attaché) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Rittgers, Christopher (Attaché) Baghdad, Iraq

Rojas, Kari (Attaché) Pretoria, South Africa

Rothschild, Jamie (Attaché) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Rush, Charles (Senior Attaché) Pretoria, South Africa

Sanchez, Jorge (Assistant Attaché) Beijing, China

Santella, Rey (Attaché) Berlin, Germany

Scandurra, Laura (Attaché) Wellington, New Zealand

Schneller, Keith (Director) Taipei, Taiwan

Seifarth, Kurt (Senior Attaché) Brussels, Belgium

Shull, Philip (Director) Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Sindelar, Scott (Counselor) Pretoria, South Africa

Smith, Kevin (Counselor) San Jose, Costa Rica

Smith, Gerald (Attaché) New Delhi, India

Smith, Mary Ellen (Senior Attaché) Moscow, Russia

Snipes, Kathryn "Kate" (Attaché) Warsaw, Poland

Spencer, Paul (Senior Attaché) Tokyo, Japan

Stange, Kelly (Attaché) Brussels, Belgium

Strossman, Christine (Attaché) Geneva, Switzerland

Thursland, Margaret Peg (Attaché) Madrid, Spain

Torry, Justina (Attaché) San Jose, Costa Rica

Trachtenberg, Eric (Senior Attaché) Beijing, China

Trachtenberg, Eric (Director) Beijing, China

Voboril, Dennis (Counselor) Jakarta, Indonesia

Wade, John (Counselor) Hanoi, Vietnam

Wagner, Elisa (Attaché) Jakarta, Indonesia

Wenberg, Eric (Counselor) Warsaw, Poland

Westman, William (Minister-Counselor) Beijing, China

Wilder, Dwight (Attaché) Buenos Aires, Argentina

Williams, David (Director) Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Williams II, Daniel (Attaché) Mexico City, Mexico

Wixom, Stephen (Attaché) Tokyo, Japan

Wolf, David (Attaché) Manila, Philippines