Bernicat, Marcia Stephens Bloom, 1953-

Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat (born 1953) is a career foreign service officer with the class of Minister-Counselor. Her most recent position was as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, a role she filled from January 1, 2019 until April 3, 2020.

Ambassador Bernicat served as Ambassador to Bangladesh from February 2015 to November 2018 and to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau from August 2008 to June 2011. Previously she was Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Human Resources, a position she held from 2012 to 2015. Domestically she served in the Department of State as Office Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan in the Bureau of South Asian Affairs from 2006 to 2008; and from 2004 to 2006 as the Senior-Level Director and Career Development Officer in the Bureau of Human Resources. Ms. Bernicat was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados from 2001 to 2004, and Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Lilongwe, Malawi from 1998 to 2001. She was Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate in Casablanca, Morocco from 1995 to 1998, Deputy Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India from 1992 to 1995, and Desk Officer for Nepal and India in the Bureau of Near East and South Asian Affairs from 1988 to 1990.

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