President of the United States, Joe Biden nominated Robin Dunnigan as an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Georgia.
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According to the White House, Robin Dunnigan, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor, currently serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central and Eastern Europe in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. Prior to this, she served as Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim, and Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Vienna, Austria. Previously, she was Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Energy Resources. Earlier assignments include U.S. Embassies in Vietnam, Chile, Turkey, Cuba, and El Salvador.
In Washington, Dunnigan’s assignments include Director for the Office of Europe, the Western Hemisphere, and Africa in the Energy Bureau, as well as positions in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and on the staff of the Secretary of State in the Executive Secretariat.
Dunnigan is the recipient of numerous State Department performance awards, including two Senior Foreign Service Performance Awards.
A native of California, she is a distinguished graduate of the National War College, where she earned a Master of Science degree. She also received a Master of Science from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Science from the University of California at Berkeley. She speaks Spanish and German.
According to the US Constitution, presidential nominees for the position of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary must be approved by the United States Senate.
Kelly Degnan has been the US Ambassador to Georgia since January 29, 2020. In most cases, the term of office of ambassadors is about three years.
