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"With unique
vision and
insight,
Ambassador
Elam-Thomas
placed a
human face
on
diplomacy"
Ambassador
Harriet Elam-Thomas
Harriet Elam-Thomas
In September 1997, she was called back to Washington to become the Counselor of USIA, the most senior career Foreign
Service position in the U.S. Information Agency and on February 1, 1999, she gained the additional duties of Acting Deputy
Director of USIA. Five months later, on July 1, 1999, President Clinton nominated her to be the next U.S. Ambassador to The
Republic of Senegal. The Senate confirmed that appointment on November 10, 1999.
During her four decade Foreign Service career, she demonstrated a life-long practice of bridging cultures. Her performance abroad brought unprecedented recognition from the Prime Minister of Turkey, cultural leaders in Greece as well as meritorious and superior honor awards from the Department of State.
Her varied overseas assignments have taken her to Greece Turkey, France, Belgium, Senegal, Mali, and Cote d'Ivoire. Ambassador Elam-Thomas fulfilled her commitment to serve the national interest through public diplomacy during her overseas tours, which included France, Senegal, Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, Greece, Turkey, Belgium, and she returned to Africa to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to Senegal from January 2000 to December 2002.
With unique vision and insight, Ambassador Elam-Thomas placed a human face on diplomacy.
Ambassador Thomas currently directs the Diplomacy Program at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, Florida. In that capacity, she is shaping a global initiative with education and training for both students and professionals.
From 2003-2005, she served as Diplomat-in-Residence at UCF under the auspices of a national U.S. Department of State program. She was the U.S. Department of State's official liaison in Central Florida, conducting workshops, providing information on careers, connecting students to internship and scholarship opportunities, and speaking on policy matters.
Domestic assignments include Counselor (the most senior career position) and Acting Deputy Director of the U.S. Information Agency (now a part of the Department of State), Foreign Service Personnel in Washington, The United Nations in New York and The White House in Washington, DC.
Formerly the Diplomat-in-Residence at the University of Central Florida, Ambassador Elam-Thomas directs a new Diplomacy Program at the University. Ambassador Elam-Thomas was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She and her husband Wilfred J. Thomas reside in Central Florida.
Ambassador Harriet speaks French, Greek, and Turkish.
During her four decade Foreign Service career, she demonstrated a life-long practice of bridging cultures. Her performance abroad brought unprecedented recognition from the Prime Minister of Turkey, cultural leaders in Greece as well as meritorious and superior honor awards from the Department of State.
Her varied overseas assignments have taken her to Greece Turkey, France, Belgium, Senegal, Mali, and Cote d'Ivoire. Ambassador Elam-Thomas fulfilled her commitment to serve the national interest through public diplomacy during her overseas tours, which included France, Senegal, Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, Greece, Turkey, Belgium, and she returned to Africa to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to Senegal from January 2000 to December 2002.
With unique vision and insight, Ambassador Elam-Thomas placed a human face on diplomacy.
Ambassador Thomas currently directs the Diplomacy Program at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, Florida. In that capacity, she is shaping a global initiative with education and training for both students and professionals.
From 2003-2005, she served as Diplomat-in-Residence at UCF under the auspices of a national U.S. Department of State program. She was the U.S. Department of State's official liaison in Central Florida, conducting workshops, providing information on careers, connecting students to internship and scholarship opportunities, and speaking on policy matters.
Domestic assignments include Counselor (the most senior career position) and Acting Deputy Director of the U.S. Information Agency (now a part of the Department of State), Foreign Service Personnel in Washington, The United Nations in New York and The White House in Washington, DC.
Formerly the Diplomat-in-Residence at the University of Central Florida, Ambassador Elam-Thomas directs a new Diplomacy Program at the University. Ambassador Elam-Thomas was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She and her husband Wilfred J. Thomas reside in Central Florida.
Ambassador Harriet speaks French, Greek, and Turkish.
A former Senior Foreign Service Officer
retired in September 2005 with the rank of
Career Minister, after four decades of
service.
In July 1994, she completed a four year tour as Director of the American Press and Cultural center at the American Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, and participated in the Department of State's 37th Senior Seminar, the premier global affairs leadership program in the U.S. Government.
In September 1995, Harriet began a four-year tour as Counselor for Public Affairs, at the American Embassy in Brussels, Belgium.
In July 1994, she completed a four year tour as Director of the American Press and Cultural center at the American Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, and participated in the Department of State's 37th Senior Seminar, the premier global affairs leadership program in the U.S. Government.
In September 1995, Harriet began a four-year tour as Counselor for Public Affairs, at the American Embassy in Brussels, Belgium.