Marcia Bernicat

Marcia Bernicat
32nd Director General of the Foreign Service
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 6, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byCarol Z. Perez
Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Acting
In office
August 6, 2021 – September 28, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byJonathan M. Moore
Succeeded byMonica Medina
Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment
Acting
In office
January 20, 2021 – August 5, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byKeith J. Krach
Succeeded byJose W. Fernandez
United States Ambassador to Bangladesh
In office
February 4, 2015 – November 2, 2018
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byDan Mozena
Succeeded byEarl R. Miller
United States Ambassador to Senegal
United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau
In office
August 6, 2008 – July 15, 2011
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded byJanice L. Jacobs
Succeeded byLewis Lukens
Personal details
Born1953 (age 70–71)
SpouseOlivier Bernicat
EducationLafayette College (BA)
Georgetown University (MS)

Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat (born 1953) is an American diplomat who is the current Director General of the Foreign Service. She is a former United States Ambassador to Bangladesh.[1] She served as Ambassador to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau from 2008 to 2011. From January 1, 2019, to April 3, 2020, she was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs at the Department of State.[2][3]

  1. ^ "New US ambassador-designate arrives in Dhaka". www.thedailystar.net. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  2. ^ "Marcia Bernicat".
  3. ^ "Marcia Bernicat Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs". US Department of State. Retrieved 19 February 2020.