Alaina Teplitz | |
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Assistant Secretary of State for Administration | |
Assumed office December 6, 2021 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Carrie Cabelka |
United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives | |
In office November 1, 2018 – December 6, 2021 | |
President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Atul Keshap |
Succeeded by | Julie J. Chung |
United States Ambassador to Nepal | |
In office October 7, 2015[1] – August 8, 2018 | |
President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Peter W. Bodde |
Succeeded by | Randy W. Berry |
Personal details | |
Born | 1969 (age 54–55) |
Education | Georgetown University (BS) Indiana University, Bloomington (MPA) [citation needed] |
Alaina B. Teplitz (born 1969) has served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Administration since 2021. She served as U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives from 2018 to 2021 and U.S. Ambassador to Nepal from 2015 to 2018. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Career Minister, she joined the State Department in 1991 and is the recipient of numerous Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards.[2]