Susan P. Coppedge

Susan Coppedge
5th United States Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
In office
October 19, 2015 – July 21, 2017[1]
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byLuis CdeBaca
Succeeded byJohn Cotton Richmond
Personal details
Born1966[2]
Dalton, Georgia, U.S.
Alma materDuke University
Stanford University

Susan P. Coppedge is an American attorney and diplomat, who previously served as United States Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate October 8, 2015. In this role, she advised the United States Secretary of State and the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights directly and formulates U.S. policy on human trafficking. As the head of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, she also held the rank of Assistant Secretary.[3][4]

  1. ^ https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/amato-susan-coppedge
  2. ^ https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/amato-susan-coppedge
  3. ^ "Assistant Secretaries and Equivalent Rank". January 20, 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  4. ^ "Department Organization Chart". March 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2015.