Todd C. Chapman

Todd Crawford Chapman
United States Ambassador to Brazil
In office
March 30, 2020 – July 23, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byMichael McKinley
Succeeded byElizabeth Frawley Bagley
United States Ambassador to Ecuador
In office
April 14, 2016 – June 8, 2019
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
DeputyRobin D. Meyer
Preceded byAdam E. Namm
Succeeded byMichael J. Fitzpatrick
Personal details
Born1962 (age 61–62)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
SpouseJanetta Chapman
Children2
EducationDuke University (AB)
Joint Military Intelligence College (MS)
OccupationDiplomat

Todd Crawford Chapman (born 1962)[1] is an American career diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Brazil from 2020 to 2021 and as the United States ambassador to Ecuador from 2016 to 2019.[2]

As a career United States Foreign Service officer, Chapman joined the State Department in 1990 and became a Minister Counselor in the Senior Foreign Service. He has held many positions within the State Department, including as U.S. ambassador to Ecuador from 2016 to 2019 and U.S. ambassador to Brazil from 2020 to 2021. He arrived in Brazil on March 29, 2020, and presented his credentials to the President of Brazil the following day.[3][4] He retired from the foreign service in July 2021.

  1. ^ Todd C. Chapman profile, state.gov; accessed July 6, 2018.
  2. ^ "Chapman, Todd C." U.S. Embassy in Brazil.
  3. ^ "U.S. Ambassador Todd C. Chapman arrives in Brazil". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Brazil. March 29, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference USDeptOfState was invoked but never defined (see the help page).