Joel Richard Reifman (born 1959) is the U.S. Consul General in Hyderabad[1] since August 20, 2019. Reifman has also been Charge d’ Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Asmara, Eritrea (July, 2010 until February 2012)[2] Provincial Reconstruction Team Leader in Iraq's western Anbar province, and an Assistant Staff Judge Advocate in the U.S. Air Force.[3]
Reifman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University.[3][1]