Roundtable with Ambassador Pamela Spratlen

This event is invite-only.

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About the Speaker

Pamela L. Spratlen, is a retired U.S. diplomat who served for nearly three decades (1990-2019) as a career member the U.S. Foreign Service of the U.S. State Department.  Her tours spanned from Latin America to Western Europe, to Russia and Central Asia. She rose to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic (2011-14) and to Uzbekistan (2015-18).  She was lauded for her many efforts, including to improve diplomatic relations, strengthen human rights and reinforce regional security. In Washington, she served as Country Director for Western Europe and for Central Asia, as well as acting Deputy Assistant Secretary in the bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.  Ms. Spratlen’s last Foreign Service position was Senior Advisor in the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General.  She returned to the department in 2021 to coordinate a special project on employee health incidents that had raised national security concerns.

Ms. Spratlen now serves as a public speaker, mentor to mid-career professionals.  Spratlen is also a leader on non-profit organization boards that address foreign affairs issues, including, the American Academy of Diplomacy and the Association of Black American Ambassadors. She chairs the Board of Trustees of the Eurasia Foundation, a U.S. non-profit with a long and successful record of helping local leaders in many parts of the world who want to improve their communities.

Ms. Spratlen was born in Columbus, Ohio and grew up in California and Washington state.  She lives in Northern Virginia.

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