Dorothy Shea

Dorothy Shea
United States Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations
Designate
Assuming office
TBD
PresidentJoe Biden
SucceedingRichard M. Mills Jr.
United States Ambassador to Lebanon
In office
March 11, 2020 – December 28, 2023
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byElizabeth H. Richard
Succeeded byLisa A. Johnson
Personal details
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BA)
Georgetown University (MS)
National War College (MS)

Dorothy C. Shea is an American career diplomat who has been confirmed to serve as the United States Deputy Representative to the United Nations. She previously had served as the United States Ambassador to Lebanon from 2020 to 2023.[1] On December 7, 2022, she received the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award for sustained extraordinary accomplishment. On January 3, 2023, President Biden announced his intention to nominate her as Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and Deputy Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations as well as Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations.