Ian Brownlee

Consul General Ian Brownlee

Consul General

Consulate General of the United States of America, Ciudad Juarez

Ian Brownlee is a 23-year veteran of the Foreign Service of the United States.  He became the Consul General in Ciudad Juarez in August 2012, after five years working in policy and senior management positions in the Department of State in Washington, D.C.  He will focus on providing excellent service to U.S. citizens seeking consular assistance in Chihuahua, to Mexicans seeking to travel to the United States, and will place a particular emphasis on working with Mexican officials to address the economic and security challenges in the state of Chihuahua.

Mr. Brownlee’s previous tours in the U.S. Foreign Service include as the Deputy Director of the State Department’s Office of Mexican Affairs, as Executive Assistant to the Assistant Secretaries for Western Hemisphere Affairs and Consular Affairs, and in consular management positions in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and San Jose, Costa Rica.  His first tour was as a vice consul in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

His wife, a Family Nurse Practitioner, joins him.  Their children are in college in the United States.