Elizabeth Rood
Elizabeth Rood | |
|---|---|
United States Ambassador to Turkmenistan | |
Nominee | |
| Assuming office Awaiting confirmation by US Senate | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Succeeding | Matthew Klimow |
| United States Ambassador to Russia | |
| In office September 4, 2022 – January 30, 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | John J. Sullivan |
| Succeeded by | Lynne M. Tracy |
| Personal details | |
| Education | University of Maryland (MA ) |
Elizabeth Rood is an American diplomat who served as the chargée d'affaires of the U.S. mission to Russia from 2022 to 2023, and is the nominee to serve as the United States ambassador to Turkmenistan.
Early life and education
Rood obtained an
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College.[1]
Career
consul general
in Peshawar, 2010Rood joined the
Vienna, Austria; and the U.S. Consulate General in Düsseldorf, Germany. She also held various roles in U.S. embassies in Vienna and Moscow.[1]
Nomination as ambassador to Turkmenistan
On August 3, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Rood to be the next ambassador to Turkmenistan.[1] Her nomination expired at the end of the year and was returned to Biden on January 3, 2023.[4]
Rood was renominated the same day. Hearings on her nomination were held before the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee on March 15, 2023. The committee favorably reported her nomination on April 27, 2023. Her nomination is pending before the full Senate.[5]
Awards and recognition
Rood is the recipient of numerous State Department performance awards, including three Senior Foreign Service Performance Awards.[1]
Personal life
A native of North Carolina, Rood speaks French, Russian, German, Pashto, Dari, and Georgian.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "President Biden Announces Key Nominees". The White House. August 3, 2022. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
- ^ "Deputy Chief of Mission Elizabeth Rood". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Russia. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- ^ Wang, Amy. "John Sullivan departs post as U.S. ambassador to Russia". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
- ^ "PN2454 - Nomination of Elizabeth Rood for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. August 3, 2022. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
- ^ "PN37 — Elizabeth Rood — Department of State 118th Congress (2023-2024)". US Congress. Retrieved January 5, 2023.