Erin Elizabeth McKee
Erin Elizabeth McKee | |
|---|---|
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| United States Ambassador to the Solomon Islands | |
| Assumed office January 27, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Catherine Ebert-Gray |
| United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea | |
| Assumed office November 27, 2019 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Catherine Ebert-Gray |
| United States Ambassador to Vanuatu | |
| Assuming office TBD | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Succeeding | Catherine Ebert-Gray |
| Personal details | |
| Education | University of California, Davis (B.A.) University of Washington (M.A.) |
Erin Elizabeth McKee is an American diplomat. In September 2019 she was confirmed by the Senate to serve as the United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.[1]
Early life and education[]
McKee is from California. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Davis, and an Master of Arts from University of Washington. She speaks Russian, Spanish, and Bahasa Indonesian.[2]
Career[]
McKee early in her career worked for Morrison Knudsen, Inc.’s international mining division in the former Soviet Union. She then served as general manager and then executive director for Capital Investment Group's (CIG) Russia operations.[3]
McKee joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1995. McKee then served at USAID Missions in Kazakhstan, Iraq, Peru, Bolivia, Israel, and Russia. She later became Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator and Chief Human Capital Officer in the USAID Office of Human Capital and Talent Management, and Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Policy, Planning, and Learning at USAID headquarters in Washington, D.C. Before becoming ambassador, McKee was Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Indonesia.
Personal[]
McKee is married and has a daughter.[3]
See also[]
- List of ambassadors of the United States
References[]
- ^ "PN796 - Nomination of Erin Elizabeth McKee for Department of State, 116th Congress (2019-2020)". www.congress.gov. 2019-09-26. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
- ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individuals to Key Administration Posts," The White House, May 16, 2019
- ^ Jump up to: a b US AID, "Erin McKee" bio
- Living people
- Ambassadors of the United States to Papua New Guinea
- Ambassadors of the United States to the Solomon Islands
- Ambassadors of the United States to Vanuatu
- Trump administration personnel
- University of California, Davis alumni
- United States Department of State officials
- United States Foreign Service personnel
- 21st-century American diplomats
- American women ambassadors
- 21st-century American women