Todd C. Chapman

Chapman was born in Houston, Texas.[4] When he was a child, he moved with his family to São Paulo, Brazil. Chapman lived in Brazil through secondary school, graduating from Escola Maria Imaculada (Mary Immaculate Chapel School).[5]

Chapman attended the Joint Military Intelligence College, earning a MS in Strategic Intelligence in 2000. In 2001, Chapman was assigned as an Economic Officer in San Jose, Costa Rica. In 2004, he was appointed Political/Economic/Commercial Counselor at the embassy in La Paz, Bolivia.[6]

In 2006 he served as executive assistant in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. State Department, Washington D.C., and in 2007 he served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Maputo, Mozambique. He served as Senior Diplomatic Coordinator for Economic Affairs in Kabul, Afghanistan, from 2010 to 2011. In 2011 he was assigned as Deputy Chief of Mission to Brasília, Brazil.[7]

In 2015 Chapman was appointed United States Ambassador to Ecuador by President Barack Obama[8] and confirmed by the U.S. Congress.[9]

Ambassador Chapman began serving as United States Ambassador to Ecuador on January 29, 2016.[10]

Allegations that he had threatened to stop military support to Ecuador were reported by the New York Times in July 2018. The alleged threats were made, according to the Times, because Ecuador was supporting a resolution before the World Health Organization which supported encouraging breast feeding.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on July 8, 2018,[11] and the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs on July 10, 2018,[12] refuted the allegations, rejecting the assertion that Ambassador Chapman or anyone affiliated with U.S. Embassy Quito threatened Ecuador with trade sanctions or the withdrawal of security assistance related to a resolution at the World Health Assembly. The Ecuadorian Government, in a July 9, 2018, joint statement[13] from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility denied that any outside pressures influenced the Ecuadorian government’s position on the resolution.

His last day as Ambassador of Ecuador was June 6, 2019.[14]

On October 30, 2019, President Trump nominated his to be the next United States Ambassador to Brazil.[15] On February 11, 2020, the United States Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote.[16]

• US Ambassador to Ecuador (2016–2019)
• Washington D.C., Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs (2014)
• Brasília, Brazil, Deputy Chief of Mission (2011)
• Kabul, Afghanistan, Senior Diplomatic Coordinator for Economic Affairs, U.S. Embassy Kabul (2010 to 2011)
• Maputo, Mozambique, Deputy Chief of Mission (2007)
• Washington D.C., Executive Assistant, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (2006)
• La Paz, Bolivia, Political/Economic/Commercial Counselor
• San Jose, Costa Rica, Economic Officer (2001)
• Abuja, Nigeria, Energy Officer (1997)
• Maputo, Mozambique, Economic/Commercial officer (1993)
• Taiwan, Consular Officer, American Institute in Taiwan (1991)