Bernadette M. Allen

Bernadette M. Allen is a United States foreign service officer and ambassador. She is the current U.S. Ambassador to Niger.

tate Department Career

Foreign Assignments

*General Services Officer/Vice Consul at the U.S. Embassy in Bujumbura, Burundi (1980-1982)
*Temporary duty assignment as Consul at the U.S. Consulate in Fukuoka, Japan (1984)
*Consul at the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines (1982-1984)
*Consular Section Chief at the U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou, China (1991-1994)
*Chief of the Montreal Consular Section (2000-2002)
*Consul General at the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal (2002-2005)

Domestic assignments

*Desk officer in the Africa Bureau’s Regional Affairs Office (1985-1987)
*Visa officer in the Visa Office Coordination Division (1985-1989)
*Studied Mandarin Chinese at National Foreign Affairs Training Center (NFATC) (1989) and in Taipei, Taiwan (1990)
*Deputy Director of Consular Training at the National Foreign Affairs Training Center (NFATC) (1994-1996)
*Legislative Management Officer (1996-1998)
*Director of the Visa Office Coordination Division (1998-2000)

Awards

*Superior Honor Award for leadership as Consul General in Montreal
*Meritorious Honor Award for outstanding managerial and professional skills in Guangzhou, China
*Superior Honor Award for outstanding leadership and performance as Visa Coordination Division Director

Affiliations and Activities

*Lifetime membership in the U.S. Tennis Association
*Big Sisters of the Washington, DC Metropolitan area volunteer
*Usher Board Chairman at the Carmody Hills Baptist Church in Seat Pleasant, Maryland
*President of the Central College African-American Student Organization (Pella, Iowa)
*Member of service sorority Alpha Delta Epsilon (Pella, Iowa)

ource

* [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/63678.htm United States Department of State: Biography of Bernadette M. Allen]