Helen Reed-Rowe

Helen Reed-Rowe. US State Dep’t official photo.

Helen Reed-Rowe is a retired career United States foreign service officer and ambassador.

Helen Reed-Rowe is a retired career member of the Senior Foreign Service.[1] She was nominated by President Obama on August 9, 2010[1] to be the first U. S. Ambassador to the Republic of Palau. After confirmation by the Senate, she was sworn in on September 27, 2010. Reed-Rowe completed this assignment July 26, 2013. She then joined the Army War College as a member of the Command team which focuses on the development of the next generation of military, interagency and international leaders. She officially retired from the Foreign Service in July of 2014.[2] Earlier in her career,Ms. Reed-Rowe served as a Senior Advisor to the Office of Performance Evaluation in the Department of State and as a Foreign Affairs Advisor from the Department of State to the Avian Influenza Action Group. Her Washington assignments include management positions in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs and the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations. She served as a Desk Officer in the Bureau of African Affairs and an Examiner on the Board of Examiners in the Bureau of Human Resources. She served a one-year assignment on Capitol Hill as a Pearson Fellow. Her overseas assignments include Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Majuro, Marshall Islands and supervisory management positions in U.S. Embassies in Jamaica, Ecuador, and Niger.[3]

Ms. Reed-Rowe earned a master's degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island and a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "List of Chiefs of Mission as of April 27, 2011" (PDF). US Department of State. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  2. ↑ Reed-Rowe, Helen (1949- ) Black Past, accessed May 6, 2016
  3. 1 2 "Biography: Helen Reed-Rowe". U. S. Department of State. Retrieved 2011-05-28.

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