Elizabeth Rood
Elizabeth Rood | |
|---|---|
 Rood in 2010 | |
| United States Ambassador to Turkmenistan | |
Nominee | |
| Assuming office TBD | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Succeeding | Matthew Klimow |
| United States Ambassador to Russia | |
| Assumed office September 4, 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | John J. Sullivan |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Randolph-Macon Women's College (BA) University of Maryland (MA) |
Elizabeth Rood is an American diplomat who is the current chargée d'affaires of the U.S. mission to Russia and the nominee to be the next United States Ambassador to Turkmenistan.
Early life and education
Rood obtained an M.A. from the University of Maryland and an A.B. from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College.[1]
Career
Rood joined the United States Foreign Service in 1993, after being a teacher in Frederick County, Maryland.[2] Rood is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor. She currently serves as the deputy chief of mission at the United States Embassy in Moscow, Russia. As of September 4, 2022, Rood assumed duties as chargée d'affaires of the U.S. mission to Russia due to the retirement of United States Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan, until a permanent successor is appointed.[3] Before this assignment, she was a Faculty Advisor at the U.S. Army War College. She served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia; Rood also served as chargée d'affaires, ad interim there. Before this, she served as Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. Rood had also directed several bureaus in the State Department, including the Office of Export Control Cooperation in the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, the Office of Caucasus Affairs and Regional Conflicts in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, and the Foreign Service Institute’s Stability Operations Division. Rood had also served as Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Peshawar, Pakistan. Rood has other experiences in conflicts, including serving as the State Department’s representative on the U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team in Paktika Province in Afghanistan, as well as Deputy to the U.S. Special Negotiator for conflicts concerning Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria. Other assignments include the Nonproliferation Bureau within the United States Department of State; the U.S. Mission to the International Organizations in Vienna, Austria; and the U.S. Consulate General in Düsseldorf, Germany. She also held various roles in U.S. Embassies in Vienna and Moscow.[1]
Nomination as ambassador to Turkmenistan
On August 3, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Rood to be the next ambassador to Turkmenistan.[1] Her nomination is pending before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.[4]
Awards and recognition
Rood is the recipient of numerous State Department performance awards, including three Senior Foreign Service Performance Awards.[1]
Personal life
A native of North Carolina, Rood speaks French, Russian, German, Pashto, Dari, and Georgian.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "President Biden Announces Key Nominees". The White House. August 3, 2022. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
- ^ "Deputy Chief of Mission Elizabeth Rood". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Russia. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- ^ Wang, Amy. "John Sullivan departs post as U.S. ambassador to Russia". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
- ^ "PN2454 - Nomination of Elizabeth Rood for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. August 3, 2022. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
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