- Suzanne Hale
Suzanne Hale is the current
United States Ambassador to theFederated States of Micronesia .The
United States Senate confirmed Hale on June 25, 2004. She took charge on August 24 and presented her credentials the next day.Hale, who holds the rank of Career Minister, has more than 25 years of experience as a Foreign Agricultural Service Officer with the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). As Minister-Counselor for Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Hale managed USDA’s three offices in Japan from 2000-2004. From 1997-2000, during China’s WTO accession negotiations, she served as Minister-Counselor for Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. Embassy inBeijing . As Director of the Foreign Agricultural Service’s AgExport Services Division from 1990 to 1996, she managed USDA’s international trade show program and coordinated outreach for new exporters. Hale previously served at the Embassy inTokyo from 1981 to 1988, first as Agricultural Attaché, then as Agricultural Trade Officer. Ambassador-Designate Hale received USDA’s top honor – the Secretary of Agriculture’s Distinguished Service Award—for her cost effective management while opening the first Agricultural Trade Office in Japan. From 1978-1981, she worked with USDA’s international trade policy staff in Washington, DC.Hale was raised in western
New York , and educated atColumbia University ’s School of International and Public Affairs, the International Christian University in Tokyo, andBeloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin. Her husband is an attorney and they have two grown children.ources
* [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/36755.htm United States Department of State: Biography of Suzanne K. Hale]
* [http://kolonia.usembassy.gov/embassy/ambassador.htm United States Embassy in Kolonia: Biography of the Ambassador]
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