Lisa J. Peterson

Lisa J. Peterson (born 1964)[1] is an American diplomat and the former United States Ambassador to Eswatini. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2015, and confirmed by the Senate on Nov. 19, 2015.[2][3] She left her post on January 20, 2021.

Lisa J. Peterson
United States Ambassador to Eswatini
In office
January 27, 2016  January 20, 2021
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byMakila James
Succeeded byJohn K. Moyer (acting)
Personal details
Born1964 (age 5657)
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Rochester (B.A.)

Early life and education

Peterson is a 1986 graduate of the University of Rochester, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science.

Career

After college graduation Peterson accepted a position at the University of Rochester's Carlson Mathematics and Sciences Library. In 1988 she joined the University's Department of Chemistry.

In 1989 Peterson joined the Foreign Service. She served in the embassy in the Central African Republic, and after two years accepted a two-year assignment as vice consul at the U.S. Consulate General in South Africa.

Peterson then returned to the U.S. an analyst for Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. In 1996 she began a series of international assignments to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Lusaka, Zambia, and Nairobi, Kenya.

In 2006 Peterson returned to the U.S. as deputy director of the Office of Central African Affairs in the Bureau of African Affairs.

In 2007 she returned to Africa as the cultural officer in Abuja, Nigeria. Two years later she became deputy chief of mission at the embassy in Yaounde, Cameroon.

When she was nominated on November 16, 2015 [4] to become United States Ambassador to Swaziland (now Eswatini), she was Director of the Office of Multilateral and Global Affairs in the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, a position she had held since 2012.[5]

Personal

Peterson is married to Siza Ntshakala, a fellow State Department employee. They have a son.[6]

References

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Makila James
United States Ambassador to Eswatini
2016–2021
Succeeded by
John K. Moyer
Chargé d'Affaires
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