Alaina B. Teplitz

Alaina Teplitz
Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Assumed office
December 6, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byCarrie Cabelka
United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives
In office
November 1, 2018 – December 6, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byAtul Keshap
Succeeded byJulie J. Chung
United States Ambassador to Nepal
In office
October 7, 2015[1] – August 8, 2018
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byPeter W. Bodde
Succeeded byRandy W. Berry
Personal details
Born1969 (age 54–55)
EducationGeorgetown University (BS)
Indiana University, Bloomington (MPA)
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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]

  1. ^ "Alaina B. Teplitz - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
  2. ^ "Alaina B. Teplitz". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2021-12-18.