Spratlen, Pamela Leora, 1954-

Pamela Leora Spratlen (born 1954) is a U.S. diplomat. She is currently Senior Advisor of the Office of Inspector General in the US State Department, Inspections Division. Prior to this, she served as United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan (2011-2014) and United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan (2015-2018).

Pamela Spratlen was born in Columbus, Ohio and was raised in Washington State and California. Her father, Thaddeus Spratlen, was a professor in the Department of Marketing at the University of Washington’s School of Business. As a younger man, Thaddeus Spratlen also applied to join the Foreign Service, but was blocked by more racially restrictive hiring policies by the State Department at that time. Pamela Spratlen's mother, Lois Price Spratlen, was an associate professor and ombudsman at the University of Washington’s School of Nursing.

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