Carol Z. Perez

Carol Z. Perez
Director General of the Foreign Service
(Nominee)
Assuming office
TBD*
President Donald Trump
Succeeding William E. Todd
United States Ambassador to Chile
Assumed office
October 13, 2016[1]
President Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded by Michael A. Hammer
Personal details
Born Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Children 3
Alma mater Hiram College
George Washington University
*Pending Senate confirmation

Carol Zelis Perez is a career Foreign Service Officer and the current U.S. Ambassador to Chile.

Early life and education

Perez was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from Marymount High School in nearby Garfield Heights in 1971. She earned a bachelor of arts in political science at Hiram College in 1975 and subsequently a master's degree in health care administration at George Washington University.[2]

Career

Perez joined the U.S. State Department in 1987. Most of her assignments have been administrative or consular in nature, with early postings as a special assistant in the office of the Under Secretary of State for Management, as operations officer in the State Department Operations Center, and as a consular officer in Madrid.

In 1994, Perez was made administrative and human relations officer at the U.S. Embassy in Rome. She returned to Washington in 1997 for a series of assignments, first as a supervisory general services officer, deputy executive director in the Executive Secretariat; then the following year as office director in the Secretariat staff office; and beginning in 1999 as deputy executive secretary. She was assigned overseas in 2001 as the Consul General in Barcelona.

Two years later, she was reassigned to Washington as Deputy Executive Secretary of the department. Part of her duties were organizing and staffing trips made by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. In 2009, Perez was named Consul General in Milan.

Perez returned to Washington in 2011 as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. The following year, she vouched for the department after auditors found the United States spent $200 million on a training program for Iraqi police.[2] She was named Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the bureau in 2013 and helped coordinate anti-drug-trafficking efforts in Haiti, Ukraine and the South China Sea. In January 2015, Perez became Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Human Resources.

In May 10, 2016, Perez was nominated by President Barack Obama to be U.S. Ambassador to Chile.[3] Perez testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June 21, 2016,[4] and was confirmed on July 14, 2016.[5][6] Perez is the first ever woman ambassador accredited to Chile.[7]

On July 31, 2018 President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Perez as the Director General of the Foreign Service.[8] On August 1, 2018 her nomination was sent to the United States Senate and is now pending before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.[9]

Personal life

Perez and her husband, Al, have three children, Michael, Caroline and Marisa. In addition to English, Perez speaks Spanish and Italian.

References

  1. ↑ Bustos, Pablo (October 13, 2016). "¿Quién es Carol Perez, la primera mujer embajadora de Estados Unidos en Chile?". Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "U.S. Ambassador to Chile: Who Is Carol Z. Perez?". September 10, 2016. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts". White House. May 10, 2016. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Statement of Carol Perez, Nominee for U.S. Ambassador to Chile" (PDF). United States Senate. June 21, 2016. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  5. ↑ "PN1423 — Carol Z. Perez — Department of State". United States Congress. July 14, 2016. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  6. ↑ Lardner, Richard (July 15, 2016). "Senate confirms US ambassadors to 6 countries". Associated Press. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  7. ↑ McIntyre, Michael (September 30, 2016). "Garfield Heights native Carol Z. Perez (known then as Carol Zelis) to be sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Chile". Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  8. ↑ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate and Appoint Personnel to Key Administration Posts". The White House. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  9. ↑ "Three Nominations Sent to the Senate Today". The White House. 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Michael A. Hammer		 U.S. Ambassador to Chile
2016–present		 Incumbent
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