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| Erin Elizabeth McKee | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development for Europe and Eurasia | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office April 29, 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Brock Bierman |
| United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea United States Ambassador to Vanuatu | |
| In office November 27, 2019 – April 14, 2022 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Catherine Ebert-Gray |
| Succeeded by | Joe Zadrozny (acting) |
| United States Ambassador to the Solomon Islands | |
| In office January 27, 2020 – April 14, 2022 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Catherine Ebert-Gray |
| Personal details | |
| Education | University of California, Davis (B.A.) University of Washington (M.A.) |
Erin Elizabeth McKee is an American diplomat who is the current assistant administrator of the United States Agency for International Development for Europe and Eurasia. She served as the United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu from 2019 to 2022.
Early life and education
McKee is from California. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Davis, and a Master of Arts from University of Washington. She speaks Russian, Spanish, and Indonesian.
Career
McKee early in her career worked for Morrison Knudsen, Inc.'s international mining division in the former Soviet Union. She then served as general manager and then executive director for Capital Investment Group's (CIG) Russia operations.
McKee joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1995. McKee then served at USAID Missions in Kazakhstan, Iraq, Peru, Bolivia, Israel, and Russia. She later became Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator and Chief Human Capital Officer in the USAID Office of Human Capital and Talent Management, and Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Policy, Planning, and Learning at USAID headquarters in Washington, D.C. Before becoming ambassador, McKee was Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Indonesia.
Personal
McKee is married and has a child. She speaks Russian, Spanish, and Bahasa Indonesia.
See also
References
- "PN796 - Nomination of Erin Elizabeth McKee for Department of State, 116th Congress (2019-2020)". www.congress.gov. 2019-09-26. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
- "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individuals to Key Administration Posts," The White House, May 16, 2019
- ^ "US AID, "Erin McKee" bio". Archived from the original on 2019-08-14. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byCatherine Ebert-Gray | United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea 2019–2022 |
Succeeded byAnn M. Yastishock |
| United States Ambassador to Vanuatu 2020–2022 | ||
| United States Ambassador to the Solomon Islands 2020–2022 | ||
- Living people
- People of the United States Agency for International Development
- Ambassadors of the United States to Papua New Guinea
- Ambassadors of the United States to the Solomon Islands
- Ambassadors of the United States to Vanuatu
- First Trump administration personnel
- Biden administration personnel
- University of California, Davis alumni
- United States Department of State officials
- United States Foreign Service personnel
- 21st-century American diplomats
- American women ambassadors
- 21st-century American women civil servants