Consul General James E. Donegan

United States Consul James E. Donegan.

U.S. Foreign Service Officer Jim Donegan has been with the Department of State for 20 years.  His assignments have included Caracas, Accra, Washington, Rome and London. 

He served as the Deputy Team Leader in the British-led Coalition Provincial Reconstruction Team in Basra, Iraq from June 2006 through June 2007.  Most recently Jim was the Counselor for Political Affairs at the United States Mission to the United Nations in New York.  Jim is the recipient of the State Department's Meritorious and Superior Honor Awards. 

He has a BS and MBA from Manhattan College and his languages include Spanish and Italian. His wife Susan is a former British diplomat with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.  Jim is looking forward to helping advance Ambassador Huebner’s goals of expanding the United States’ economic and trade relationship with New Zealand, increasing the Mission’s outreach to youth and promoting academic and cultural exchanges.