Biographies Listed Alphabetically by Last Name

Below is a list of Ambassadors, 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. Or see Nominees for information on officials still pending confirmation or for whom biographies are not yet available.

Argyros, George L., Sr.; Ambassador, Spain and Andorra
Armitage, Richard L.; Deputy Secretary of State
Ashe, Victor; Ambassador, Poland
Atkinson, George H. ; Special Adviser, Science and Technology
Austin, Roy L.; Ambassador, Trinidad and Tobago
Baker, Howard H. ; Ambassador, Japan
Baltimore, Richard Lewis, III; Ambassador, Oman
Barclay, H. Douglas; Ambassador, El Salvador
Barnes, Marsha E.; Ambassador, Suriname
Barr, Joyce A.; Ambassador, Republic of Namibia
Bellamy, William M. ; Ambassador, Kenya
Bernstein, Stuart A.; Ambassador, Denmark
Bivins, M. Teel; Ambassador, Sweden
Black, J. Cofer; Coordinator, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism
Blaney, John W.; Ambassador, Republic of Liberia
Bloomfield, Lincoln P.; Assistant Secretary,  Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
Bolton, Deborah A.; Consul General, Netherlands Antilles and Aruba
Bolton, John R; Under Secretary, Arms Control and International Security
Boucher, Richard A.; Department Spokesman and Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public Affairs
Brazeal, Aurelia; Ambassador, Ethiopia
Brennan, Martin; Ambassador, Zambia
Brill, Kenneth C.; Permanent Representative, International Atomic Energy Agency and the Vienna Office of the United Nations
Brown, Laurence G., MD; Director, Office of Medical Services
Brown, Lyons, Jr.; Ambassador, Austria
Brownfield, William R.; Ambassador, Venezuela
Bullen, Roland W.; Ambassador, Guyana
Burk, Susan F.; Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Nonproliferation
Burnham, Christopher B.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Resource Management; Chief Financial Officer
Burns, R. Nicholas; Permanent Representative, Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Burns, William Joseph; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
Butler, Lawrence Edward; Ambassador, Republic of Macedonia
Cabaniss, William J., Jr.; Ambassador, Czech Republic
Campbell, John; Ambassador, Nigeria
Carlson, Brian E.; Ambassador, Latvia
Cason, James C. ; Principal Officer, Cuba
Cellucci, Paul; Ambassador, Canada
Charles, Robert B.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
Christy, Gene B.; Ambassador, Brunei Darussalam
Coats, Daniel R.; Ambassador, Federal Republic of Germany
Cobb, Sue McCourt; Ambassador, Jamaica
Crocker, Ryan C. ; Ambassador, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Crouch, Jack Dyer, II; Ambassador, Romania
Danilovich, John J.; Ambassador, Brazil
DeLisi, Scott H.; Ambassador, Eritrea
DeSutter, Paula A.; Assistant Secretary,  Verification and Compliance
Dell, Christopher William; Ambassador, Republic of Zimbabwe
Dewey, Arthur E. "Gene"; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
Dobriansky, Paula J.; Under Secretary, Global Affairs
Eaton, William A.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Administration
Edelman, Eric S.; Ambassador, Turkey
Efrid, Cynthia G. ; Ambassador, Republic of Angola
Engle, Gregory W.; Ambassador, Togolese Republic
Ensenat, Donald B. ; Chief of Protocol
Erdman, Richard W.; Ambassador, Algeria
Ereli, J. Adam; Deputy Spokesman, Bureau of Public Affairs
Evans, John Marshall; Ambassador, Armenia
Feldman, Alexander C.; Coordinator, International Information Programs
Feltman, Jeffrey; Ambassador, Lebanon
Fingar, Thomas; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Fitts, Robert Wendell; Ambassador, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, & Vanuatu
Foley, James B.; Ambassador, Republic of Haiti
Frank, Ralph; Ambassador, Croatia
Frazer, Jendayi; Ambassador, Republic of South Africa
Freeman, Russell Fuller; Ambassador, Belize
Gadsden, James Irvin; Ambassador, Iceland
Garza, Antonio O. Jr. ; Ambassador, Mexico
Gilmour, David; Charge d'Affaires, Republic of Malawi
Gioia, Anthony H.; Ambassador, Malta
Godard, Ronald D.; Ambassador, Guyana
Green, Grant S., Jr.; Under Secretary, Management
Greenlee, David N.; Ambassador, Bolivia
Grossman, Marc; Under Secretary, Political Affairs
Gutierrez, Lino; Ambassador, Argentina
Hale, Suzanne K.; Ambassador, Federated States of Micronesia
Hall, Tony P.; Ambassador, United Nations, Rome
Hamilton, John R.; Ambassador, Guatemala
Harnish, Reno L.; Ambassador, Azerbaijan
Harrison, Patricia de Stacy; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Harty, Maura; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs
Haslach, Patricia M.; Ambassador, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Herbst, John E.; Ambassador, Ukraine
Hertell, Hans. H.; Ambassador, Dominican Republic
Hill, Christopher R.; Ambassador, Republic of Korea
Hoagland, Richard E.; Ambassador, Tajikistan
Hodges, Heather; Ambassador, Moldova
Hofmann, Karl; Executive Secretariat, Office of the Secretary
Holmes, J. Anthony; Ambassador, Burkina Faso
Holmes, Kim ; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs
Hooks, Aubrey; Ambassador, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
Huddleston, Vicki; Ambassador, Mali
Hudson, William J.; Ambassador, Tunisia
Huggins, Joseph; Ambassador, Botswana
Hull, Thomas N.; Ambassador, Republic of Sierra Leone
Hume, Cameron R.; Ambassador, Republic of South Africa
Jacobson, Tracey; Ambassador, Turkmenistan
Johnson, Darryl N.; Ambassador, Kingdom of Thailand
Johnson, Donald; Ambassador, Cape Verde
Jones, A. Elizabeth; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
Keane, John Francis; Ambassador, Republic of Paraguay
Keith, James; Consul General, Hong Kong
Kelly, Craig A.; Ambassador, Chile
Kelly, James A.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Kelly, Paul V.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs
Kenney, Kristie Anne; Ambassador, Ecuador
Kenny, James C.; Ambassador, Ireland
Khalilzad, Zalmay ; Ambassador, Afghanistan
Klosson, Michael; Ambassador, Cyprus
Kolker, Jimmy; Ambassador, Uganda
Korologos, Tom C. ; Ambassador, Belgium
Kozak, Michael G.; Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
Krajeski, Thomas C.; Ambassador, Yemen
Kramer, Mary E.; Ambassador, Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean
Krol, George A.; Ambassador, Belarus
Kurtzer, Daniel C.; Ambassador, Israel
La Lime, Helen; Ambassador, Mozambique
Larson, Alan P.; Under Secretary, Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs
Lavin, Frank L.; Ambassador, The Republic of Singapore
LeBaron, Joseph Evan ; Ambassador, The Islamic Republic of Mauritania
LeBaron, Richard; Ambassador, Kuwait
Leach, Howard H.; Ambassador, France
Leary, John; Charge d'Affaires, Republic of Rwanda
Lucke, Lewis W. ; Ambassador, Kingdom of Swaziland
Lunstead, Jeffrey J.; Ambassador, Sri Lanka and Maldives
Lyon, David Laurence; Ambassador, Fiji, Nauru, Tonga, Kiribati, and Tuvalu
Mack, Earle I.; Ambassador, Finland
Maisto, John F. ; Permanent Representative, Organization of American States
Malinowski, Michael E.; Ambassador, Kingdom of Nepal
Marine, Michael W.; Ambassador, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Marquardt, R. Niels; Ambassador, Republic of Cameroon and Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Martinez, Carmen M.; Charge d'Affaires, Union of Burma
Mathieu, Dennise; Ambassador, Niger
McDonald, Jackson ; Ambassador, Republic of Guinea
McElhaney, Douglas L.; Ambassador, Bosnia and Herzegovina
McGee, James D.; Ambassador, Madagascar
Meece, Roger; Charge d'Affaires, Nigeria
Meece, Roger A.; Ambassador, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Miles, Richard Monroe; Ambassador, Georgia
Miller, John R.; Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking In Persons
Miller, Thomas J.; Ambassador, Greece
Minikes, Stephan Michael; Ambassador, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Moley, Kevin Edward; Permanent Representative, United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva
Monroe, William T.; Ambassador, Bahrain
Moore, Barbara Calandra ; Ambassador, Republic of Nicaragua
Morella, Constance A.; Permanent Representative, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Moriarty, James F.; Ambassador, Nepal
Morris, Greta; Ambassador, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Morrison, Bruce; Chief Information Officer, Bureau of Information Resource Management
Mulford, David Campbell; Ambassador, India
Mull, Stephen D.; Ambassador, Lithuania
Negroponte, John D.; Ambassador, Iraq
Neill, Wayne; Ambassador, Benin
Nesbitt, Wanda L.; Ambassador, Madagascar
Newman, Constance Berry ; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs
Nicholson, Jim; Ambassador, Holy See
Noriega, Roger Francisco; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
Oberwetter, James; Ambassador, Saudi Arabia
Oliver Louise V.; Ambassador, United Nations, Paris
Ong, John Doyle; Ambassador, Norway
Ordway, John M.; Ambassador, Kazakhstan
Owen, Michael S. ; Charge d'Affaires, Dar es Salaam
O’Donnell, Edward B.; Ambassador, Rank of, during tenure as Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues
Palmer, Larry L.; Ambassador, Honduras
Pardew, James W.; Ambassador, Bulgaria
Pascoe, B. Lynn; Ambassador, Republic of Indonesia
Pascual, Carlos; Coordinator, Office of Reconstruction and Stabilization
Pearson, W. Robert; Director General, Foreign Service and Director, Human Resources
Perry, June Carter; Ambassador, Kingdom of Lesotho
Peterson, Katherine H.; Director, Foreign Service Institute
Polt, Michael C.; Ambassador, Serbia and Montenegro
Ponticelli, Charlotte (Charlie) ; Senior Coordinator, International Women's Issues
Pope, Barbara; Assistant Secretary, Office of Civil Rights
Powell, Colin L.; Secretary of State
Price, John; Ambassador, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Comoros
Prosper, Pierre-Richard; Ambassador-at-Large, Office of War Crimes Issues
Purnell, Jon; Ambassador, Uzbekistan
Rademaker, Stephen G.; Assistant Secretary,  Arms Control
Ragsdale, Marguerita DIanne; Ambassador, Republic of Djibouti
Randt, Clark T., Jr.; Ambassador, People's Republic of China
Ray, Charles A.; Ambassador, Cambodia
Rees III, Grover Joseph; Ambassador, East Timor
Reiss, Mitchell B. ; Director, Policy Planning
Render, Arlene; Ambassador, Cote d'Ivoire
Ricciardone, Francis J.; Ambassador, Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Palau
Riley, Thomas; Ambassador, Morocco
Robertson, Thomas B.; Ambassador, Slovenia
Rocca, Christina B.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South Asian Affairs
Rocha, Manuel; Ambassador, Bolivia
Rood, John D.; Ambassador, The Bahamas
Roth, Richard; Ambassador, Senegal and Guinea-Bissau
Sanders, Jackie Wolcott; Ambassador, Conference on Disarmament and Special Representative of the President for the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Sanders, Robin Renee; Ambassador, Republic of the Congo
Schieffer, John Thomas (Tom) ; Ambassador, Australia
Schnabel, Rockwell; Ambassador, European Union
Scobey, Margaret; Ambassador, Syria
Sembler, Melvin; Ambassador, Italy
Silverstein, Martin J.; Ambassador, Uruguay
Sison, Michele J.; Ambassador, United Arab Emirates
Slutz, Pamela J.; Ambassador, Mongolia
Sobel, Clifford M.; Ambassador, Netherlands
Stafford III, Joseph D. ; Ambassador, Republic of The Gambia
Struble, J. Curtis; Ambassador, Peru
Swindells, Charles S.; Ambassador, New Zealand
Taft, William H., IV; Legal Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser
Taylor, Francis X.; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Diplomatic Security and Director of the Office of Foreign Missions
Taylor, Jr., William B.; Ambassador, Afghanistan Coordinator
Terpeluk, Peter, Jr.; Ambassador, Luxembourg
Thomas, Harry K. Jr. ; Ambassador, Bangladesh
Tobias, Randall L.; Global AIDS Coordinator
Turner, John F.; Assistant Secretary,  Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Untermeyer, Chase; Ambassador, Qatar
Vershbow, Alexander; Ambassador, Russia
Villarosa, Shari; Charge d'Affaires, East Timor
Walker, George Herbert, III; Ambassador, Hungary
Walkley, R. Barrie; Ambassador, Republic of Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
Wall, Marc M.; Ambassador, Republic of Chad
Watt, Linda Ellen; Ambassador, Panama
Wayne, Earl Anthony; Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
Weiser, Ronald; Ambassador, Slovak Republic
Welch, C. David; Ambassador, Egypt
Wilkerson, Lawrence B.; Chief of Staff
Willeford, Pamela Pitzer; Ambassador, Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Williams, Charles E.; Director, Overseas Buildings Operations
Wood, William Braucher ; Ambassador, Colombia
Wos, Aldona Zofia; Ambassador, Estonia
Yates, Mary Carlin; Ambassador, Ghana
Yellin, James; Ambassador,  to Burundi
Young, Stephen M.; Ambassador, Kyrgyzstan