Frankie A. Reed

Frankie A. Reed
United States Ambassador to Fiji
In office
October 13, 2011 – January 18, 2015
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byC. Steven McGann
Succeeded byJudith Beth Cefkin
United States Ambassador to Kiribati
In office
April 30, 2012 – January 18, 2015
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byC. Steven McGann
Succeeded byJudith Beth Cefkin
United States Ambassador to Nauru
In office
July 16, 2012 – January 18, 2015
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byC. Steven McGann
Succeeded byJudith Beth Cefkin
United States Ambassador to Tuvalu
In office
October 30, 2011 – January 5, 2015
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byC. Steven McGann
Succeeded byJudith Beth Cefkin
United States Ambassador to Tonga
In office
November 14, 2011 – January 18, 2015
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byC. Steven McGann
Succeeded byJudith Beth Cefkin
Personal details
Born
Francesca Annette Reed

1954 (age 69–70)
OccupationDiplomat

Frankie Annette Reed (born 1954, Baltimore)[1] is an American diplomat. She is currently the United States Consul-General in Melbourne. From 2011 to 2015 she was the United States Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu.[2] She has a BA in journalism from Howard University and a doctorate in law from the University of California, Berkeley.

Before her appointment as ambassador, Reed was a deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, responsible for relations with Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. She was previously a lecturer and diplomat-in-residence at the University of California at Berkeley.[3]

  1. ^ "Frankie Annette Reed - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  2. ^ "Appointments and Resignations - Ambassador to Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Nauru: Who is Frankie Reed? - AllGov - News". Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  3. ^ "Berkeley Law - News Archive". Archived from the original on 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2014-04-28.