Reddick, Eunice S. (Eunice Sharon), 1951-

<p>Ambassador Reddick serves as the Charge d’affaires, a.i. at U.S. Embassy Bujumbura, Burundi. She held two ambassadorial appointments in Africa – representing the U.S. in Niamey, Niger from 2014 to 2017, and in Libreville, Gabon from 2007 to 2010. She also served as Charge d’affaires as U.S. Embassy Nouakchott, Mauritania before her Niger appointment.</p>

<p>Reddick was Diplomat-in-Residence at Howard University from 2010 to 2011, advising students and career-seekers in the Washington, DC region on State Department careers and foreign policy issues. She held two Africa regional directorships at the State Department, managing U.S. relations with East Africa and West Africa. In addition to her Africa experience, Reddick covered political issues at the American Institute in Taipei, Taiwan, and the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. She also held director positions managing U.S. relations with Southeast Asia in the State Department.</p>

<p>Following graduate studies in international affairs at Columbia University, Reddick worked on a USG-financed scholarship program for Southern African refugees at the Africa-America Institute. She continued to support African refugee assistance in one of her first assignments at the State Department.</p>

<p>Reddick was the 2018-19 DACOR Lecturer at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Leavenworth, Kansas. In 2018, she was an instructor on political tradecraft at the Washington International Diplomacy Academy (WIDA). Reddick served on the selection committees for the 2018 Rangel Fellowship program and the 2019 American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) Scholarship program.</p>

<p>Eunice Sharon Reddick (born 1951) is an American diplomat and is a former ambassador to Niger. She previously served as the U.S. ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe.</p>

<p>Reddick graduated from Hunter College High School in New York City in 1969 and received a BA in history and literature from New York University (1973) and a master's degree in International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International Affairs (1975). After completing her graduate studies, Reddick worked for several years at the Africa-America Institute in New York and Washington.</p>

<p>Reddick began her Foreign Service career in 1980 and was assigned in 1981 as consular officer to the Harare Embassy, Zimbabwe. In 1983 she returned to the United States State Department and was assigned to the Bureau of Population, Refugee and Migration Affairs to monitor USG assistance to African refugees. From 1986 to 1988, Reddick served as Country officer for Tanzania and the India Ocean countries in the Bureau of African Affairs. After that assignment, she was a Senior Watch Officer in the Secretary’s 24-hour Operations Center. From 1989 to 1990, she studied Mandarin Chinese at the AIT/Taipei Language School, followed by an assignment to the political section at the Beijing Embassy.</p>

<p>In 1993 she was the recipient of the Dean and Virginia Rusk Fellowship award. Reddick spent a year as an Associate at Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. She then followed two Deputy Director assignments in the State Department – the first in the Office of Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and the second in the Office of International Development Assistance of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs. From 1997 to 2000, she was the chief of the political section at the Taipei Main Office of American Institute in Taiwan (AIT). From 2002 to 2004, she was Director of the Office of Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore Affairs after a stint as Deputy Director of that office when it also covered Indonesia. She served from 2005 to 2007 as Director of the Office of East African Affairs in the State Department Bureau of African Affairs. Following those posts, she was appointed by President George W. Bush and sworn in as United States Ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe. She was succeeded by Eric D. Benjaminson in December 2010.</p>

<p>She was nominated on January 6, 2014 to be the next United States Ambassador to Niger. She was confirmed on June 30, 2014 and presented her credentials on July 21, 2014.</p>

<p>Eunice S. Reddick, a Career Senior Foreign Service Officer, Class of Minister-Counselor, was nominated by President Barack Obama as Ambassador to the Republic of Niger on January 6, 2014.</p>

<p>Commencing her Foreign Service career in 1980, Ms. Reddick was posted as Consular Officer to the U.S. Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe. In 1983, she returned to Washington to serve in the Bureau of Population, Refugee and Migration Affairs, where she monitored assistance to African refugees. From 1986 to 1988, Ms. Reddick was Country Officer for Tanzania and the Indian Ocean countries in the Bureau of African Affairs (AF), followed by an assignment as Senior Watch Officer in the Secretary of State’s 24-hour Operations Center.</p>

<p>Ms. Reddick studied Mandarin Chinese at the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), Taipei Language School from 1989 to 1990, followed by a posting to the Political Section at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, from 1991 to 1993. Ms. Reddick received the Dean and Virginia Rusk Fellowship in 1993 and spent a year as an Associate at Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. She served two assignments as Deputy Director in the State Department, first in the Office of Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam Affairs, in the Bureau of East Asian Affairs and Pacific Affairs (EAP), and then in the Office of International Development Assistance, in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs. From 1997 to 2000, Ms. Reddick was Chief of the Political Section at AIT in Taipei. Returning to Washington, she was assigned to Director positions, first in the Office of Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore Affairs in EAP, and subsequently in the Office of East African Affairs in AF.</p>

<p>Ms. Reddick was sworn in as Ambassador to Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe in November, 2007. In 2010, she was assigned to Howard University as the Diplomat-in-Residence. From 2011 to 2013, Ms. Reddick served as the director of the office of West African Affairs in AF.</p>

<p>Ms. Reddick earned a B.A. in History and Literature from New York University in 1973 and a Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International Affairs in 1975. After completing her graduate studies, she worked for several years at the Africa-American Institute in New York and Washington, DC.</p>