Jennifer Zimdahl Galt

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Jennifer Galt
United States Ambassador to Mongolia
In office
October 5, 2015 – November 10, 2017[1]
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byPiper Campbell
Succeeded byMichael S. Klecheski
Personal details
Born1959 (age 64–65)
National Defense University

Jennifer Ann Zimdahl Galt (born 1959)

United States Ambassador to Mongolia from 2015 to 2017.[3]

On May 6, 2015, President

United States of America to Mongolia. She was confirmed by the Senate
on August 5, 2015, and was sworn in on September 15, 2015.

Ambassador Galt, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, formerly served as Principal Officer of the U.S. Consulate General, Guangzhou, China, where she led and mentored a team of nearly 500, comprising 133 American officers, of whom 62 were first- and second-tour, and over 300 locally engaged Chinese colleagues.

Ambassador Galt's previous postings overseas have included Belgrade, Taipei with the

United States Department of State’s Bureau of Public Affairs and as Deputy Director for Public Diplomacy in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
.

Ambassador Galt holds master's degrees from

School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), as well as a bachelor's degree in political science, history and languages from Colorado College in her home state of Colorado. She is fluent in Mandarin and French, and also speaks Italian, Spanish and Serbian.[4]
She has two children, Phoebe and Dylan Galt and a husband, Fritz Galt.

See also

References

  1. U.S. Department of State
    . November 3, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  2. ^ Jennifer Zimdahl Galt (1959–)
  3. ^ "Galt Jennifer Zimdahl - Mongolia - May 2015". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
  4. ^ "Jennifer Zimdahl Galt, U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia". U.S. Embassy Ulaanbaatar. Retrieved 2015-11-05.

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Preceded by
Piper Campbell
United States Ambassador to Mongolia

2015–2017 		Succeeded by
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