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FAS Offices
Foreign Service Personnel

FAS currently deploys 113 Foreign Service personnel in 57 countries around the world. Their names (in alphabetical order), positions and the locations of the offices to which they are assigned are listed below. Click on a name to send an e-mail message to that individual's office. Click on a location to view the office's details.
Name (Position) Office Location
Abdi, Ali (Counselor) Lagos, Nigeria

Ahmed, Hassan (Attaché) Rabat, Morocco

Al-Saffy, Tawhid (Director) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Bailey, Jeanne (Counselor) Hanoi, Vietnam

Battaglia, Richard (Director) Monterrey, Mexico

Batwin, Wayne (Director) Shanghai, China

Bauer, Margaret (Attaché) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Beckman, Chanda (Attaché) Beijing, China

Brehm, Daryl (Counselor) Paris, France

Brenner, Claudine (Program Specialist) Geneva, Switzerland

Bruce, Candice (Attaché) Lima, Peru

Butterworth, James (Director) Shenyang, China

Carmody, Sean (Project Coordinator (OCBD) Yerevan, Armenia

Carroll, Joseph (Counselor) Islamabad, Pakistan

Clever, Jennifer (Attaché) Tokyo, Japan

Conlon, Michael (Director) Tokyo, Japan

Cottrell, David (Attaché) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dever, James (Counselor) Rome, Italy

Diaby, Souleymane (Attaché) Nairobi, Kenya

Dong, Joani (Director) Guangzhou, China

Drennan, Richard Todd (Counselor) Bogota, Colombia

Dries, Mark (Chief) Taipei, Taiwan

Eilks, Linda (Attaché) Guatemala, Guatemala

Fay, Michael (Director) Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Flake, Levin (Attaché) Lagos, Nigeria

Ford, Mark (Attaché) Mexico City, Mexico

Francom, Michael (Senior Attaché) Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Frederick, Chris (Deputy Chief) Taipei, Taiwan

Gifford, Ralph (Counselor) Ankara, Turkey

Giles, Frederick (Director) Sao Paulo, Brazil

Gonzalez, Carlos (Senior Attaché) Mexico City, Mexico

Gray, Robin (Attaché) Ottawa, Canada

Gressel, Jonathan (Counselor) Cairo, Egypt

Guven, Cynthia (Senior Attaché) Cairo, Egypt

Haas, Morgan (Attaché) Moscow, Russia

Hager, Randall (Attaché) Caracas, Venezuela

Hallman, Alan (Deputy Director) Shanghai, China

Hammond, Stephen (Counselor) Nairobi, Kenya

Hansen, Erik (Deputy Director) Mexico City, Mexico

Hanson, Robert (Attaché) Dakar, Senegal

Hanson, Sarah (Director) Miami, Caribbean Basin

Harbert, Lloyd (Minister-Counselor) Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Henke, Debra (Minister-Counselor) Brussels, Belgium

Higgins, Holly (Minister-Counselor) New Delhi, India

Hoff, Robert (Counselor) Guatemala, Guatemala

Hrapsky, Alan (Minister-Counselor) Brasilia, Brazil

Huete, Stephen (Counselor) The Hague, Netherlands

Huynh, Hoa (Attaché) Sofia, Bulgaria

Johnson, Dana (Director) Moscow, Russia

Katial, Anita (Deputy Director) Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Lagos, Joshua (Attaché) Beijing, China

Latner, Kevin (Director) Chengdu, China

Laughlin, Karen (Admin Assistant) Moscow, Russia

Leishman, David (Senior Attaché) New Delhi, India

Lopez, Joseph (Attaché) Santiago, Chile

Maldonado, Julio (Attaché) Cairo, Egypt

McLeod, Lashonda (Attaché) Paris, France

McMackle, Tracy (Admin Assistant) Beijing, China

McSherry, S. Rodrick (Counselor) London, United Kingdom

McSherry, S. Rodrick (Minister-Counselor) Kabul, Afghanistan

Mello, Elizabeth (Attaché) Bogota, Colombia

Mergen, David (Counselor) Buenos Aires, Argentina

Meyer, Gary (Counselor) Bangkok, Thailand

Miller, David (Minister-Counselor) Geneva, Switzerland

Morin, Julie (Attaché) Brasilia, Brazil

Murphy, Ann (Attaché) Kyiv, Ukraine

Mustard, Allan (Minister-Counselor) Mexico City, Mexico

Nawn, Jeffery (Senior Attaché) Tokyo, Japan

Nelson, Rachel (Attaché) Ankara, Turkey

Nishiura, Katherine (Senior Attaché) Geneva, Switzerland

Petry, Mark (Attaché) Beijing, China

Pettrie, Grant (Counselor) Canberra, Australia

Philhower, Eugene (Counselor) Lima, Peru

Purdy, Emiko (Counselor) Manila, Philippines

Ralph, Valerie (Attaché) Hanoi, Vietnam

Reynolds, Scott (Minister-Counselor) Moscow, Russia

Richey, Bobby (Counselor) Berlin, Germany

Riedel, Michael (Senior Attaché) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Rojas, Kari (Senior Attaché) Pretoria, South Africa

Santella, Rey (Attaché) Berlin, Germany

Scandurra, Laura (Attaché) Wellington, New Zealand

Schneller, Keith (Director) Taipei, Taiwan

Seifarth, Kurt (Senior Attaché) Brussels, Belgium

Shull, Philip (Director) Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Sindelar, Scott (Minister-Counselor) Pretoria, South Africa

Slette, Jonn (Attaché) Jakarta, Indonesia

Smith, Kevin (Counselor) San Jose, Costa Rica

Smith, Gerald (Attaché) Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Smith, Mary Ellen (Senior Attaché) Moscow, Russia

Spencer, Paul (Senior Attaché) Baghdad, Iraq

Stange, Kelly (Attaché) Brussels, Belgium

Taylor, Justin (Attaché) Hanoi, Vietnam

Terry, Linston (Attaché) Pretoria, South Africa

Thorburn, W. Garth (Director) Mexico City, Mexico

Thursland, Margaret Peg (Attaché) Madrid, Spain

Tilsworth, Robin (Minister-Counselor) Ottawa, Canada

Torry, Justina (Attaché) San Jose, Costa Rica

Trachtenberg, Eric (Director) Beijing, China

Vasquez, Orestes (Attaché) Bangkok, Thailand

Verdonk, Ronald (Counselor) Baghdad, Iraq

Voboril, Dennis (Counselor) Jakarta, Indonesia

Wagner, Elisa (Attaché) Brussels, Belgium

Wenberg, Eric (Attaché) Warsaw, Poland

Westman, William (Minister-Counselor) Beijing, China

Wiggin, Geoffrey (Minister-Counselor) Tokyo, Japan

Wilder, Dwight (Attaché) Buenos Aires, Argentina

Williams, David (Director) Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Williams II, Daniel (Attaché) Mexico City, Mexico

Wixom, Stephen (Attaché) Tokyo, Japan

Wolf, David (Attaché) Manila, Philippines

Woolsey, Michael (Senior Attaché) Beijing, China

Wright, Thom (Attaché) New Delhi, India

Zimmerman, Jeffrey (Attaché) Brasilia, Brazil