Joyce Anne Barr

Joyce Anne Barr (born 1951) American diplomat and a career foreign service officer in the Department of State. She served as an Assistant Secretary of State for Administration and Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer. Prior to that, Barr was the International Affairs Advisor at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.[1] Her previous assignment was as the Executive Director for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP) within the State Department.[2] She served as the ambassador to Namibia from 2004 to 2007.[3]

Joyce Anne Barr
Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
In office
December 19, 2011 – January 26, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byRajkumar Chellaraj
Succeeded byHarry Mahar (Acting)
United States Ambassador to Namibia
In office
October 27, 2004 – July 31, 2007
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byKevin McGuire
Succeeded byGail Mathieu
Personal details
Born1951 (age 71–72)
Tacoma, Washington
Alma materPacific Lutheran University
Harvard University
National Defense University

Early life

Barr was born in 1951, in Tacoma, Washington.[4]

Education

Barr received a B.A. in Business Administration from Pacific Lutheran University, graduating magna cum laude. She also received a M.P.A. from Harvard University and an M.S. in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

Career

Barr served as a career diplomat, having joined the Department of State in 1979. She has held assignments in Stockholm (1980), Budapest (1982), Nairobi (1985), Khartoum (1989), Ashgabat (1998), and Kuala Lumpur, where she was Counselor for Management Affairs.

Barr has also had domestic assignments in Washington, D.C, where she worked for the Department of State's Bureau of Personnel, Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, and the Bureau of International Organizations in the UN Industrial Development Organization and the World Tourism Organization.

Barr was nominated as U.S. Ambassador to Namibia by President Bush and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Ambassador Barr began her appointment on October 4, 2004.[5]

Barr has also participated in the Department of State Domestic Assignment Program, also known as the Pearson Program. This program was begun in the 1970s, where Foreign Service officers are assigned outside the department in order to develop their knowledge of foreign affairs legislation and of public concerns.[6] As part of this assignment, she worked with Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Congressman Bennie Thompson.

On December 17, 2011, the United States Senate confirmed Barr to be Assistant Secretary of State for Administration.[7]

On January 26, 2017, when Rex Tillerson, Donald Trump's nominee for United States Secretary of State, visited the United States State Department, Barr, Patrick F. Kennedy, Michele Bond, and Gentry O. Smith were all simultaneously asked to resign from the department.[8]

Barr is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.

References
  1. "International Affairs Advisor - Ambassador Joyce Anne Barr". Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Archived from the original on March 31, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  2. "African American History Month: Joyce Barr". U.S. Department of State. 4 February 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  3. "Officially In: Joyce A. Barr to be Asst Secretary for Administration". Diplopundit. May 20, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  4. Wilson, Teisha (2015-05-29). "Joyce A. Barr (1951- ) • BlackPast". BlackPast. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  5. Department Of State. The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs. "Barr, Joyce A." 2001-2009.state.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  6. "Feature: the Pearson Program and U.S. foreign policy - State Department's Domestic Assignment Program". US Department of State Dispatch. Archived from the original on August 9, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  7. "U.S. Senate Periodical Press Gallery". Archived from the original on 2011-11-26. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
  8. Labott, Elise (January 27, 2017). "Trump administration asks top State Department officials to leave". CNN.

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