Rowe, Leslie Ventura, 1947-

<p>Leslie V. Rowe is a retired career diplomat who served as the American Ambassador to Mozambique (2010-2012) as well as Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu (2006-2009). In January 2013, she joined the new U.S. Office of Global Health Diplomacy. Previously, she was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.</p>

<p>Rowe received a B.A. from Washington State University, an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and an M.Ed. from Northeastern University.</p>

<p>Leslie Rowe<br>
Foreign Policy Professional<br>
Miami, Florida</p>

<p>U.S. Department of State<br>
Ambassador, Acting Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy<br>
Dec 2013 – 2014 (1 year)<br>
Washington D.C. Metro Area</p>

<p>Ambassador and Deputy Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy<br>
Jan 2013 – Nov 2013 (11 months)<br>
Washington D.C. Metro Area</p>

<p>Leslie Ventura Rowe (1947–)<br>
Career Foreign Service Officer<br>
State of Residence: Washington</p>

<p>Concurrent Appointments<br>
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Papua New Guinea)<br>
Appointed: July 5, 2006<br>
Presentation of Credentials: October 15, 2006<br>
Termination of Mission: Left post on July 11, 2009<br>
Also accredited to Vanuatu and Solomon Islands; resident at Port Moresby.<br>
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Vanuatu)<br>
Appointed: July 5, 2006<br>
Presentation of Credentials: December 7, 2006<br>
Termination of Mission: Left Port Moresby July 11, 2009<br>
Also accredited to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands; resident at Port Moresby.<br>
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Solomon Islands)<br>
Appointed: July 5, 2006<br>
Presentation of Credentials: November 15, 2006<br>
Termination of Mission: Left Port Moresby July 11, 2009<br>
Also accredited to Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu; resident at Port Moresby.</p>

<p>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Mozambique)<br>
Appointed: December 29, 2009<br>
Presentation of Credentials: February 10, 2010<br>
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 1, 2012</p>

<p>Leslie V. Rowe, a resident of Washington, received a Bachelor’s in Arts from Washington State University. She later earned a Master’s in Arts from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1983 and a Master’s in Education from Northeastern University. In addition, she attended Sorbonne University in Paris. In Germany, she was a Fulbright scholar.</p>

<p>She began her career as director of the International Office at Tufts University and has been a foreign language teacher at high schools. She speaks English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.</p>

<p>In 1983, she became a member of the Foreign Service and later became member of the Senior Foreign Service.</p>

<p>From 1984 to 1986, she worked as a consular officer in Sao Paulo, Brazil and as Deputy Consul General at the US Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica two years later. In 1988, she served as a Principal Officer of the US Consulate in Recife, Brazil.</p>

<p>She was Country Desk Officer for Chile in 1992; and one year later, she was positioned in the Human Resources Office. From 1994 to 1996, she was the Director of the State Department’s Office of Children’s Issues.</p>

<p>In 1996, she became the Consul General in Lisbon, Portugal. Four years later, she was positioned as a Consul General in Bangkok, Thailand.</p>

<p>In 2003, Rowe served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. Since 2006, Rowe, a career diplomat, has been the US Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.</p>

<p>Rowe was finally nominated to be the US Ambassador to Mozambique on September 12, 2009 and began her term on January 1, 2010.</p>