Presidential Records Series (PRS) Files, ca. 1993 - ca. 2001

Armbruster, Thomas Hart, 1958-

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Thomas Hart Armbruster (born 1958) is a retired American diplomat. He notably served as U.S. Ambassador to the Marshall Islands (2012-2016). Born in El Paso, Texas and raised in Maryland, Armbruster earned a bachelor's degree from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland and a Masters Degree in Conflict Resolution from St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. He worked as a radio and television journalist before joining the Foreign Service in 1988. During his foreign service career, A...

Anderson, Brooke D., 1964-

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Brooke D. Anderson (born 1964) is a strategy and management consultant and a Visiting Professor at Montana State University. She was previously an American diplomat who served as a U.S. ambassador at the United Nations, as Chief of Staff and Counselor for the White House National Security Council, and as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and the Under Secretary for Political Affairs on the Iran Nuclear Negotiations. She has served as a trusted advisor to U.S. presidents, Cabinet Secretari...

Holgate, Laura S. H., 1965-

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Ambassador Laura S.H. Holgate served as U.S. Representative to the Vienna Office of the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency from July 11, 2016 to January 20, 2017. The United States Mission to International Organizations in Vienna works with seven major organizations of the United Nations system based in Vienna: the International Atomic Energy Agency; the UN Office on Drugs and Crime; the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization; the UN Offic...

Powell, Nancy Jo, 1947-

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Nancy Jo Powell (born 1947) is a retired American diplomat. She notably served as U.S. Ambassador to five nations, Uganda (1997-1999), Ghana (2001-2002), Pakistan (2002-2004), Nepal (2007-2009), and India (2012-2014), retiring from the Foreign Service after her last ambassadorial posting. A native of Cedar Falls, Iowa, Powell earned a B.A. in History and Teaching at the University of Northern Iowa in 1970. From 1970 to 1977, she taught Social Studies at Dayton High School in Dayton, Iowa. Sh...

Pittman, H. Dean, 1956-

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Howard Dean Pittman (born 1956) is an American diplomat. He notably served as U.S. Ambassador to Mozambique (2016-2018). Born in Virginia, Pittman's family moved to Tylertown, Mississippi when he was six years old. Pittman went to Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, earning a B.A. in political science in 1978. He got a taste of Washington life when he interned for Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts). After graduation, Pittman went into the Peace Corps and spent his time teaching English ...

Nesbitt, Wanda Letitia, 1956-

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Wanda Letitia Nesbitt (born December 7, 1956) is a United States diplomat. A career Foreign Service officer, she notably served as U.S. Ambassador to Madagascar (2002-2004), Côte d'Ivoire (2007-2010), and Namibia (2010-2013). A native of Philadelphia, Nesbitt graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with bachelor of arts degrees in international relations and French before joining the Foreign Service in 1981. Overseas assignments included serving as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Em...

Likins, Rose McCartney, 1959-

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Rose McCartney Likins (born 1959) is a retired Career Ambassador within the United States Foreign Service and the former United States Ambassador to El Salvador and Peru. Likins also served as Deputy Director of the Foreign Service Institute in Washington, D.C., where she was also Dean of the Foreign Service Institute's School of Professional and Area Studies. Born Rose McCartney, Likins is a native of Virginia, She holds a BA in International Relations and Spanish from Mary Washington Colleg...

Kenney, Kristie Anne, 1955-

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Hill, Christopher Robert, 1952-

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Christopher Robert Hill (born August 10, 1952) is an American diplomat who is currently the Chief Advisor to the Chancellor for Global Engagement and Professor of the Practice in Diplomacy at the University of Denver. Prior to this position, he was the Dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University, a position he held from September 2010 to December 2017. Hill's father was a diplomat in the Foreign Service: Hill was born in Paris, and as a child, he traveled with h...

Gardner, Anthony Luzzatto, 1963-

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Anthony Luzzatto Gardner (born May 16, 1963) was the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union. He was sworn in on February 18, 2014, and left his post on January 20, 2017. In that capacity, he was intimately involved in the transatlantic trade negotiations, as well as data privacy, digital economy, sanctions and energy security. Ambassador Gardner has spent more than twenty years of his career advising on U.S.-European affairs, as a government official, lawyer and investor. Prior to his ambassad...

Elder, Christine Ann

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Christine Ann Elder is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Liberia from June 2016 to March 2020. Born in Chicago, Elder grew up in Glasgow, Kentucky, the daughter of Allen and Diane Elder. She is a graduate of Glasgow High School and received a B.A. from the University of Kentucky and an M.A. from The George Washington University. Elder's career spanned both civil and foreign service. She served as a Trade Policy Assistant with the International Trade Adminis...

Arvizu, Alexander A., 1958-

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Alexander A. Arvizu (born 1958) is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Albania from 2010 until 2015. A first-generation American, Arvizu was born on U.S. Army base in Japan and grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where his family settled after return to the United States. In 1980, he graduated with a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University. He has studied several Asian languages such as Japanese, Korean, Thai and Khmer. Arvizu joined the United States Fo...

André, Larry Edward, 1961-

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Larry Edward André Jr. (born 1961) is an American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service who is currently serving as the United States Ambassador to Djibouti. He previously served as the United States Ambassador to Mauritania. Born in 1961, André earned a BA at Claremont McKenna College in California in Political Science in 1983 and an MBA at Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona in 1988. His first experience in Africa came courtesy not of the State Department, ...

Barks-Ruggles, Erica Jean, 1967-

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Erica Jean Barks-Ruggles (born 1967) is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Rwanda. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in November 2014. She served in the position until January 2018. Barks-Ruggles grew up in the Midwestern United States. She graduated in 1985 from Anoka High School in Anoka, Minnesota. Her first time on a plane was when she flew to the east coast for college. At Swarthmore College she earned a bachelor's degree with honors i...

Klemm, Hans G. (Hans George), 1957-

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Hans George Klemm (born August 21, 1957) is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Romania from September 21, 2015 to December 2019. Previously he also served as the United States ambassador to East Timor from June 12, 2007 to May 25, 2010. Klemm graduated from Indiana University with a B.A. in Economics and History, and from Stanford University with an M.A in International Development Policy. He is fluent in Japanese and German. He joined the United States Fore...

Brzezinski, Mark, 1965-

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Mark Francis Brzezinski was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 18, 2011 to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden. Mr. Brzezinski has had a distinguished career in both public service and the private sector. Most recently, he has been a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of McGuireWoods law firm, specializing in anti-corruption law. In this capacity, Mr. Brzezinski has helped U.S. companies comply with laws regulating the way business is conducted overseas. At the...

Froman, Michael Braverman Goodman, 1962-

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Mike Froman serves as vice chairman and president, Strategic Growth for Mastercard. In that role he is responsible for growing strategic partnerships, scaling new business opportunities, and advancing the company’s efforts to partner with governments and other institutions to address major societal and economic issues. He and his team drive financial inclusion and inclusive growth efforts and work to develop new businesses key to the company’s strategic growth. Mike oversees the Mastercard Ce...