Carmen Lomellin

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Carmen Lomellin
United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States
In office November 23, 2009 – December 2014
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Hector Morales
Succeeded by	Carlos Trujillo
Personal details
Born	1950 (age 71–72)
Education	Calumet College of St. Joseph (BA) DePaul University (MBA)

Carmen Lomellin (born 1950) is an American diplomat of Mexican heritage from East Chicago, Indiana. Lomellin served as United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States from 2009 to 2016.

Biography[]

Lomellin was appointed in May, 1998 to the position as executive secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) for the Organization of American States (OAS) by Secretary General Cesar Gaviria. She served as CIM executive secretary until March 2009. In that position, she provided guidance and direction to the OAS member states and permanent secretariat on hemispheric policy advancing issues affecting women, particularly in the areas of human rights and gender equality. As head of the CIM permanent secretariat, Lomellin oversaw the activities of the commission's delegates representing the 34 democracies of the Western Hemisphere and managed the daily operations of the permanent secretariat. She most recently served as director for outreach within the OAS Department of External Relations.

During the Clinton Administration, Lomellin held the positions of for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and director of that agency's . She was an to the White House , as well as search manager in the White House Office of Presidential Personnel during the 1996 presidential transition, where she worked on sub-cabinet appointments in the area of international trade.

Lomellin has experience in local government (Chicago, Illinois). She worked for Mayor Richard M. Daley as director of the of Chicago and also implemented and managed one of the nation's most successful graffiti abatement programs. Ambassador Lomellin has worked for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, where she was the director of leadership development, and for , a civic think tank, as director of economic development. In addition, she has extensive experience in the private sector, working for the Chicago-based Inland Steel Company in various sales and marketing capacities.

Lomellin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business management from Calumet College of St. Joseph and a Master of Business Administration in international business from DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois. Lomellin has spent a major part of her professional career and personal life working on women's issues, particularly those in the United States Hispanic community.

References[]

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Department of State document: "Biography: Lomellin, Carmen".