Ambassador to Ethiopia, 1996 ‑ 1999: Director for East African Affairs, U.S. Department of State, 1993 ‑ 1996: State Department Deputy Task Force Director and then Coordinator for Somalia, 1992 ‑1993: Coordinated State Department policy towards Somalia during the U.S. and United Nations intervention in liaison with the National Security Council, Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency, Management Task Force Member, 1992: Made recommendations for reorganizing the Department of State that were adopted at the beginning of the Clinton Administration.
Ambassador to Burkina Faso, 1987 – 1990, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Khartoum, Sudan, 1983 – 1986, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Yaounde, Cameroun, 1981 ‑ 1983: While in Yaounde,Deputy and then Acting Coordinator, State Department Office for Liaison with State and Local Governments, 1978 – 1981. Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Nouakchott, Mauritania, 1974 ‑ 1976: Managed the staff during two violent, rebel attacks on Nouakchott and the Presidency, which bordered the Embassy compound, Political officer, U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A political officer engages primarily in reporting on political issues, delivers policy messages and develops contacts with local nationals, political officer, U.S. Embassy Nairobi, Kenya. Consular, administrative and commercial officer, U.S. Embassy Beirut, Lebanon.
