Kristie Kenney

Kristie Kenney
32nd Counselor of the United States Department of State
In office
February 12, 2016 – February 17, 2017[1]
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byThomas A. Shannon Jr.
Succeeded byMaliz E. Beams
United States Ambassador to Thailand
In office
January 19, 2011 – November 6, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byEric G. John
Succeeded byGlyn T. Davies
United States Ambassador to the Philippines
In office
March 22, 2006 – July 28, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded byFrancis J. Ricciardone Jr.
Succeeded byHarry K. Thomas Jr.
United States Ambassador to Ecuador
In office
September 25, 2002 – July 6, 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byGwen C. Clare
Succeeded byLinda Jewell
18th Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State
In office
March 2, 1998 – April 30, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
George W. Bush
Preceded byWilliam J. Burns
Succeeded byMaura A. Harty
Personal details
Born
Kristie Anne Kenney

(1955-05-24) May 24, 1955 (age 69)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
SpouseWilliam Brownfield
Alma materClemson University
Tulane University

Kristie Anne Kenney (born May 24, 1955[citation needed]) is an American former senior diplomat who served as the 32nd Counselor of the United States Department of State from 2016 to 2017. She is a recipient of the Secretary of State's Distinguished Service Award and held the nation's highest diplomatic rank of Career Ambassador in the United States Foreign Service. She served as the Department of State Transition Coordinator for the 2016–17 transition.[2]

Ambassador Kenney previously served as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador, as United States Ambassador to the Philippines, and most recently as United States Ambassador to Thailand.[3] She was the first female U.S. ambassador to the latter two countries. Kenney holds a master's degree in Latin American studies from Tulane University and a bachelor's degree in political science from Clemson University.

  1. ^ "Tillerson presides over abrupt shakeup at State Department". CNN. February 17, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  2. ^ "Agency Transition Directors Council". July 29, 2016.
  3. ^ "Kristie Anne Kenney (1955–)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. September 26, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2015.