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
Ameri, Goli; Assistant Secretary, Bureau for Educational and Cultural Affairs
Arietti, Michael R.; Ambassador, Rwanda
Ashe, Victor; Ambassador, Poland
Austin, Roy L.; Ambassador, Trinidad and Tobago
Ayalde, Liliana; Ambassador, Paraguay
Barclay, H. Douglas; Ambassador, El Salvador
Barnes, Marsha E.; Ambassador, Suriname
Barrett, Barbara; Ambassador, Finland
Baxter, Frank E.; Ambassador, Uruguay
Bellinger III, John B.; Legal Adviser
Bernicat, Marcia; Ambassador, Senegal and Guinea-Bissau
Beyrle, John; Ambassador, Russia
Bezner, Mark; Charge d'Affaires, Palau
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
Bodde, Peter; Ambassador, Malawi
Bordonaro, Molly; Ambassador, Malta
Bost, Eric M.; Ambassador, South Africa
Boswell, Eric J.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Diplomatic Security and Director, Office of Foreign Missions
Bottner, Andrea G.; Director, Office of International Women's Issues
Boucher, Richard A.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
Boulware, Mark; Ambassador, Mauritania, Islamic Republic of
Bradtke, Robert A.; Ambassador, Croatia
Brinker, Nancy Goodman; Chief of Protocol, Office of the Chief of Protocol
Brown, Gayleatha B.; Ambassador, Benin
Brown, Laurence G., MD; Director, Office of Medical Services
Brownfield, William R.; Ambassador, Colombia
Browning, Steven A. ; Ambassador, Uganda
Burns, William J.; Under Secretary, Political Affairs
Cabrera, Cesar B.; Ambassador, Republic of Mauritius and Republic of Seychelles
Cain, James P.; Ambassador, Denmark
Callahan, Robert J.; Ambassador, Nicaragua 
Campbell, John; Ambassador, Nigeria
Campbell, Piper Anne Wind; Charge d'Affaires, Cambodia
Carter, Phillip; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, African Affairs
Chellaraj, Rajkumar; Assistant Secretary, Administration
Cianchette, Peter; Ambassador, Costa Rica
Cloud, John A.; Ambassador, Lithuania
Cohen, Eliot A.; Counselor of the Department, Office of the Counselor of the Department
Coneway, Peter R.; Ambassador, Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Cook, Frederick B.; Ambassador, Central African Republic
Crocker, Ryan C.; Ambassador, Iraq
Culbertson, James B.; Ambassador, The Netherlands
Cumber, Sada; Special Envoy, Organization of the Islamic Conference
Cunningham, James B. ; Ambassador, Israel 
Curtin, Jeremy; Coordinator, Bureau of International Information Programs
Dailey, Dell L.; Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism
Davis, Ruth A.; Special Adviser
DeSutter, Paula A.; Assistant Secretary, Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
Derham, James M.; Ambassador, Guatemala
Derse, Anne E.; Ambassador, Azerbaijan
Dieter, Robert J.; Ambassador, Belize
Dinger, Larry M.; Charge d'Affaires, Burma
Dobriansky, Paula J.; Under Secretary, Democracy and Global Affairs
Donovan Jr., Joseph R.; Consul General, Hong Kong
Duddy, Patrick; Ambassador, Venezuela
Dunn, David B. ; Ambassador, Togo
Dunn, Timothy J.; Chief of Mission, Netherlands Antilles and Aruba
Dybul, Mark; U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
Eastham, Alan; Ambassador, Malawi
Egan, Christopher F.; Permanent Representative, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
English, Charles L.; Ambassador, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ereli, Joseph A.; Ambassador, Kingdom of Bahrain
Fannin, P. Robert; Ambassador, Dominican Republic
Farrar, Jonathan D.; Chief of Mission, Cuba
Fedoroff, Nina V.; Special Adviser, Science and Technology
Fernandez, Alberto M.; Charge d'Affaires, Sudan
Finley, Julie; Ambassador, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Foley, April H.; Ambassador, Hungary
Foley, James B.; Senior Coordinator, Iraqi Refugee Issues
Foley, Thomas C.; Ambassador, Ireland
Ford, Robert S.; Ambassador, Algeria
Fore, Henrietta H. ; Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance & USAID Administrator
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
Garvelink, William J.; Ambassador, Democratic Republic of Congo
Garvey, Janet E.; Ambassador, Cameroon
Garza, Antonio O. Jr. ; Ambassador, Mexico
Geisel, Harold W.; Acting Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General
Ghafari, Yousif B.; Ambassador, Slovenia
Girard-diCarlo, David F.; Ambassador, Austria
Glassman, James K.; Under Secretary, Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs 
Glazer, Charles L.; Ambassador, Republic of El Salvador
Glendon, Mary Ann; Ambassador, Holy See
Godec, Robert F.; Ambassador, Tunisia
Goldberg, Philip S.; Ambassador, Bolivia
Gordon, David F.; Director, Policy Planning Staff (S/P)
Graber, Richard W.; Ambassador, Czech Republic
Grappo, Gary A.; Ambassador, Oman
Green, Mark; Ambassador, Republic of Tanzania
Gross, David A.; Ambassador, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy
Gunderson, Brian F.; Chief of Staff
Hale, David; Ambassador, Jordan
Haslach, Patricia M.; Senior Official, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
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
Hodges, Heather M.; Ambassador, Ecuador
Hook, Brian H.; Acting Assistant Secretary, International Organization Affairs 
Hughes, Miriam K.; Ambassador, Federated States of Micronesia
Hume, Cameron R.; Ambassador, Indonesia
Huso, Ravic R.; Ambassador, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Hybl, William J.; Senior Official, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomaccy
Jackson, Jeanine ; Ambassador, Burkina Faso
Jacobs, Janice; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs
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
John, Eric G.; Ambassador, Kingdom of Thailand
Johnson, Brenda LaGrange; Ambassador, Jamaica
Johnson, David T.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
Johnson, Donald C.; Ambassador, Equatorial Guinea
Jones, Deborah K.; Ambassador, State of Kuwait
Jones, John Melvin; Ambassador, Guyana
Kaidanow, Tina S.; Ambassador, Pristina, Kosovo 
Keith, James; Ambassador, Malaysia
Kennedy, J. Christian; Special Envoy, Holocaust Issues
Kennedy, Patrick F.; Under Secretary, Management
Kenney, Kristie A. ; Ambassador, Philippines
Khalilzad, Zalmay; Permanent Representative to the UN
Kimmitt, Mark; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
Kirby, Michael D.; Ambassador, Moldova
Klemm, Hans G.; Ambassador, Timor-Leste
Kramer, David J.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
Lagon, Mark P.; Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Landis, Lauren R.; Senior Adviser, Sudan, Sudan Programs Group
Lange, John E.; Special Representative, Avian and Pandemic Influenza
Larson, Charles W., Jr.; Ambassador, Latvia
LeBaron, Joseph; Ambassador, Qatar 
Lefkowitz, Jay; Special Envoy, Human Rights in North Korea
Marquardt, R. Niels; Ambassador, Republic of Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros
Mathieu, Gail D. ; Ambassador, Republic of Namibia
McCallum, Robert D.; Ambassador, Australia
McCormack, Sean; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public Affairs
McCormick, William P.; Ambassador, New Zealand and Samoa
McEldowney, Nancy; Ambassador, Bulgaria
McFarland, Stephen G.; Ambassador, Guatemala
McGee, James D. ; Ambassador, Republic of Zimbabwe
McKinley, P. Michael; Ambassador, Peru
McMullen, Ronald; Ambassador, State of Eritrea
McMurray, Claudia A.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Mermoud, J. Frank ; Special Representative, Commercial and Business Affairs
Michalak, Michael W.; Ambassador, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Milam, William B.; Charge d'Affaires, Libya
Minton, Mark C. ; Ambassador, Mongolia
Moller, Patricia N.; Ambassador, Burundi
Moore, Roderick W.; Ambassador, Montenegro
Morales, Hector E., Jr.; Permanent Representative, Organization of American States
Moriarty, James F.; Ambassador, Bangladesh
Mozena, Dan; Ambassador, Angola
Mulford, David Campbell; Ambassador, India
Munter, Cameron; Ambassador, Serbia
Myles, Marianne M.; Ambassador, Cape Verde
Negroponte, John D.; Deputy Secretary of State
Nesbitt, Wanda; Ambassador, Cote d'Ivoire
Nigro, Louis; Ambassador, Republic of Chad
Nolan, Robert; Ambassador, Lesotho
Nolan, Stephen J.; Ambassador, Botswana
Norland, Richard B.; Ambassador, Uzbekistan
Obsitnik, Vincent; Ambassador, Slovakia
Oliver, Louise V.; Permanent Representative, United Nations, Paris
Ordway, John M.; Ambassador, Kazakhstan
Ourisman, Mary M.; Ambassador, Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean
Parker, Maurice S.; Ambassador, Kingdom of Swaziland
Patterson, Anne W.; Ambassador, Pakistan
Perry, June Carter; Ambassador, Sierra Leone
Phillips, Stanley Davis ; Ambassador, Estonia
Powell, Nancy; Ambassador, Nepal
Quinn, Martin R.; Charge d'Affaires, United Arab Emirates
Randt, Clark T., Jr.; Ambassador, People's Republic of China
Ranneberger, Michael E. ; Ambassador, Kenya
Reddick, Eunice S.; Ambassador, Republic of Gabon, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
Reeker, Philip T.; Ambassador, Macedonia
Render, Arlene; Ambassador, Cote d'Ivoire
Reynolds, Matthew A.; Acting Assistant Secretary, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs
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
Riley, Thomas; Ambassador, Morocco
Robinson, John M.; Director, Office of Civil Rights and Chief Diversity Officer
Rood, John; Under Secretary, Arms Control and International Security, Acting
Rowe, Leslie V. ; Ambassador, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
Sanders, Robin R.; Ambassador, Nigeria
Sanderson, Janet A.; Ambassador, Haiti
Satterfield, David M.; Senior Adviser, Coordinator for Iraq
Schieffer, J. Thomas; Ambassador, Japan
Schlicher, Ronald; Ambassador, Cyprus
Schreiber Hughes, Lisa Bobbie; Ambassador, Suriname
Schulte, Greg ; Permanent Representative, United Nations (Vienna)
Seche, Stephen; Ambassador, Yemen
Shannon, Thomas A., Jr.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
Shinnick, Richard J.; Director, Ad Interim, Overseas Building Operations
Siegel, Ned L. ; Ambassador, The Bahamas
Simons, Paul E.; Ambassador, Chile
Sison, Michele J.; Charge d'Affaires, Beirut, Lebanon
Slayton, Gregory W.; Consul General, Bermuda
Smith, Daniel B.; Executive Secretary, The Executive Secretariat
Sobel, Clifford M.; Ambassador, Brazil
Speckhard, Daniel V.; Ambassador, Greece
Spogli, Ronald P.; Ambassador, Italy
Stapleton, Craig Roberts; Ambassador, France
Stephenson, Barbara J.; Ambassador, Panama
Stephenson, Thomas F.; Ambassador, Portugal
Stewart, Karen B.; Ambassador, Belarus
Sullivan, Daniel S.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs
Swart, Susan; Chief Information Officer, Information Resource Management
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, Harry K., Jr. ; Director General, Foreign Service and Director, Human Resources
Thomas-Greenfield, Linda; Ambassador, Liberia
Tichenor, Warren W.; Ambassador, United Nations, Geneva
Timken, William R., Jr.; Ambassador, Germany
Todd, William E. ; Ambassador, Brunei Darussalam
Tuttle, Robert Holmes; Ambassador, United Kingdom
Twining, Charles H.; Charge d'Affaires, Mauritania
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
Volker, Kurt; Permanent Representative, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Wagner, Ann; Ambassador, Luxembourg
Walles, Jacob; Consul General, Jerusalem
Walsh, James D.; Ambassador, Argentina
Warlick, James B.; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs
Wayne, Earl Anthony; Ambassador, Argentina
Welch, C. David; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
Wells, Barry L.; Ambassador, Republic of The Gambia
Whiteside, Ruth A.; Director, Foreign Service Institute
Whitney, Benson K.; Ambassador, Norway
Wilkins, David H; Ambassador, Canada
Williamson, Clint; Ambassador-at-Large, War Crimes Issues
Williamson, Richard S.; Special Envoy, Sudan
Wilson, Ross; Ambassador, Turkey
Withers, John L., II; Ambassador, Albania
Wolcott, Jackie; Special Envoy, Nuclear Nonproliferation
Wood, Michael M.; Ambassador, Sweden
Wood, Robert A.; Deputy Spokesman, Bureau of Public Affairs
Wood, William Braucher ; Ambassador, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Yamamoto, Donald Y.; Ambassador, Ethiopia
Yates, John M. ; Special Envoy, Somalia