Ambassador Sanders is the recipient of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Civilian Honor Award; three State Department Superior Honor Awards; four State Department Meritorious Honor Awards, the “President Merit of Honor Award” from the Republic of Congo, and several citations in Who’s Who of America and Who’s Who of American Women in Politics. Her overseas postings have included Dominican Republic, Portugal, Sudan, Namibia, Senegal, and Republic of Congo with missions to Angola, Nigeria, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Botswana, Mozambique, Rwanda, Zambia, and Benin.
She is a national board member of Operation Hope - a non-profit organization focused on working in at risk communities in the areas of economic education and empowerment and development. Ambassador Sanders speaks French, and some Spanish, Portuguese, and Arabic.
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