Kelley Eckels Currie

Kelley Eckels Currie is an American lawyer and government official serving as the Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues. She previously served as the U.S. Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council[1] and as the Acting Deputy Representative of the U.S. to the U.N., after Michele Sison's departure.[2] Before assuming her current role, she was a senior fellow at the Project 2049 Institute, a think tank focused on security issues and public policy in Central Asia and the Asia-Pacific region. She previously held senior public policy positions with the United States Department of State and several international and nongovernmental human rights and humanitarian organizations. Currie also served as foreign operations appropriations associate and staff director of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus for Representative John Porter.[3]

Kelley Eckels Currie
United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues
In office
January 14, 2020 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byCatherine M. Russell
Succeeded byTBD
United States Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations
Acting
In office
February 21, 2018 – June 8, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
LeaderNikki Haley
Preceded byMichele J. Sison
Succeeded byJonathan Cohen
United States Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council
In office
August 2017 – February 18, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded bySarah E. Mendelson
Succeeded byCourtney R. Nemroff (acting)
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Peter Currie
Children2 children
EducationUniversity of Georgia
Georgetown Law

In March 2019, it was announced that President Donald Trump would nominate Currie as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues and representative of the United States on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.[4] This nomination was submitted in June 2019 and approved by voice vote of the U.S. Senate on December 19, 2019.[5] She joined the Office in January, 2020.

References
  1. "PN689 — Kelley Eckels Currie — Department of State". Congress.gov. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  2. United States Department of State. "Ambassador Kelley E. Currie". Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  3. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". The White House. June 21, 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017. This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the White House.
  4. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individual to a Key Administration Post". The White House. March 8, 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019. This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the White House.
  5. "PN834 — Kelley Eckels Currie — Department of State". U.S. Congress. December 19, 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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