WASHINGTON, DC - The Department of State has announced that Kathleen Stephens will be the new interim US Ambassador to India. Stephens’ appointment was announced by the State Department on May 21, which said that Stephens will fill the role in the wake of outgoing Ambassador Nancy Powell’s retirement. The search for a permanent Ambassador is still ongoing.
“Ambassador Kathleen Stephens will serve as the charge until a new permanent ambassador is nominated and confirmed by the Senate,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. “She will arrive in [New] Delhi in early June.”
Stephens is a veteran of the US diplomatic corps. She holds a B.A. in East Asian studies from Prescott College in Arizona, and a post-graduate degree from Harvard University; she also studied at Oxford University. She worked in the Peace Corps for a number of years, and joined the US Foreign Service in 1978. Stephens was part of missions in China, Trinidad and Tobago, South Korea, Belgrade, and various places throughout Europe into the 1990s. From 1994-1995, she was the Director for European Affairs in the United States National Security Council, and was the Director of the Office of Ecology and Terrestrial Conservation in the State Department from 2001-2003. In 2008, she became Ambassador to South Korea, a position she held until 2011.
Stephens is a veteran of the US diplomatic corps. She holds a B.A. in East Asian studies from Prescott College in Arizona, and a post-graduate degree from Harvard University; she also studied at Oxford University. She worked in the Peace Corps for a number of years, and joined the US Foreign Service in 1978. Stephens was part of missions in China, Trinidad and Tobago, South Korea, Belgrade, and various places throughout Europe into the 1990s. From 1994-1995, she was the Director for European Affairs in the United States National Security Council, and was the Director of the Office of Ecology and Terrestrial Conservation in the State Department from 2001-2003. In 2008, she became Ambassador to South Korea, a position she held until 2011.
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