Casper, Anne S., 1965-

<p>Anne S. Casper, a career member of the Foreign Service, was confirmed June 29, 2016, as the U.S. ambassador to Burundi. It will be her first such assignment.</p>

<p>Casper was born in 1965 and is from Las Vegas, Nevada, daughter of Ilene and Charles Casper. Her brother, Larry, is an assistant U.S. Attorney. Casper attended Tufts University, graduating in 1987 with a B.A. in anthropology. She went on to earn an M.A. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in 1992 and joined the Foreign Service the following year.</p>

<p>Casper’s early assignments included postings as a political/military officer in Tirana, Albania; deputy public affairs officer at the consulate in Jerusalem; and as cultural affairs officer in Damascus, Syria. In 2001, she was made counterterrorism policy officer in the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism and the following year became Arabic media liaison officer in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, a post she held until 2004.</p>

<p>After earning an M.S. at the National War College in 2005, Casper was sent to Bangkok, Thailand, as a public affairs counselor. In 2009, she was named deputy chief of mission at the embassy in Kigali, Rwanda. While there, Casper’s husband, Karl Deringer, began volunteering in local villages and eventually won a State Department award for his efforts.</p>

<p>Casper moved to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 2012 as the consul general there. She returned to Washington in 2014 as the deputy assistant secretary for international media and the following year was named senior adviser in the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications. In 2016, the role of acting director of partnerships in the Global Engagement Center was added to her duties.</p>

<p>Casper is known in the State Department for intensely studying the language and customs of every country in which she serves. She speaks Arabic, French, Thai, Hebrew and Kinyarwanda, a Rwandan language.</p>

<p>Anne Casper (born 1965) is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Burundi from 2016–2019.</p>

<p>Casper joined the Foreign Service in 1993. Her early assignments were as political and military officer in Tirana, Albania, as deputy public affairs officer at the Jerusalem consulate and as cultural affairs officer in Damascus, Syria. In 2001, Casper was recalled and given the place of counterterrorism policy officer at the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism.</p>

<p>The next year, she was made Arabic media liaison officer in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, a job in which she stayed until 2004, when she was temporarily relieved of her duties to study an M.S. at the National War College.</p>

<p>Casper returned to active duty in 2005 and was sent to be public affairs counselor in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2009, she was posted to Kigali, Rwanda where she was deputy chief of mission. While working in Rwanda, her husband, Karl Deringer, won a State Department award for his charity work.</p>

<p>In 2012, Casper was assigned to the consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as consul general until her return to Washington D.C. in 2014 to work as deputy assistant secretary for international media. Casper was moved to be a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications. In 2016, Casper was also appointed the acting director of partnerships for the Global Engagement Center.</p>

<p>In May 2016, President Obama nominated Casper for the post of ambassador to Burundi. She was confirmed on the 29 June.</p>

<p>Casper's brother is assistant U.S. Attorney, Larry Casper. She is married to Karl Deringer.</p>

<p>Casper can speak Arabic, French, Kirundi, Thai, Hebrew and Kinyarwanda.</p>