Tracey Ann Jacobson

Tracey Ann Jacobson (born 1965)[1] is an American diplomat and a former United States Ambassador to Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kosovo and Ethiopia.[2] She served as the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from January 2017 through October 2017.[3][4][5] She retired then returned to active duty in 2021 as the State Department's Director of the Afghanistan Task Force,[6][7] and then as Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim, at the Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She attended Johns Hopkins University.

Tracey Ann Jacobson
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
In office
January 20, 2017 – October 2017
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byBathsheba Crocker
Succeeded byMary Catherine Phee
United States Ambassador to Kosovo
In office
April 2, 2012 – July 10, 2015
PresidentBarack Obama
DeputyJennifer Bachus
Preceded byChristopher Dell
Succeeded byGreg Delawie
United States Ambassador to Tajikistan
In office
September 4, 2006 – July 27, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded byRichard E. Hoagland
Succeeded byKenneth E. Gross Jr.
United States Ambassador to Turkmenistan
In office
August 25, 2003 – July 14, 2006
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byLaura E. Kennedy
Succeeded byRobert E. Patterson Jr.
Personal details
Born1965 (age 57–58)
Alma materJohns Hopkins University (B.A.)
Johns Hopkins University (M.A.)

Education

Jacobson received her Bachelor of Arts from Johns Hopkins University, and her Master of Arts from the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. Jacobson has studied Albanian, Serbian, French, Russian, Spanish, Korean, and Tajiki.

Career

Jacobson served as Deputy Executive Secretary at the National Security Council at the White House, where she facilitated the development of foreign policy initiatives for the National Security Advisor and the President.

Jacobson is a career member of the United States Foreign Service and served overseas in Seoul, South Korea, Nassau, Bahamas, and Moscow, Russia. Her domestic assignments included the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, and the Office of the Under Secretary for Management. She also served as the Deputy Director of the State Department's Foreign Service Institute.

Jacobson served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Riga, Latvia, as the U.S. Ambassador to Turkmenistan (August 2003-July 2006), and as the United States Ambassador to Tajikistan from August 2006 until resigning from that position in August 2009 (replaced by Kenneth E. Gross Jr. as of 12 August 2009). From 2012 to 2015, Jacobson served as the U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo.

From 2015 to 2017, Jacobson served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs.[8] After the resignation of Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Bathsheba N. Crocker in January 2017, Jacobson served as Acting Assistant Secretary until her retirement in October 2017.[3]

Jacobson returned to the Department of State in 2021 as a Senior Advisor,[9] first serving as the State Department's Director of the Afghanistan Task Force. From February 25, 2022 to September 25, 2023, she had served as Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim, at the Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[10]

Personal life

Jacobson is married to David Baugh, a member of the British Diplomatic Service.[2]

References
  1. "Tracey Ann Jacobson (1965–)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  2. "Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson". Embassy of the United States, Pristina. November 24, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  3. Lynch, Colum (August 27, 2017). "Top State Department Officials Step Down in "Black Friday" Exodus". Foreign Policy. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  4. "IO Senior Officials". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  5. "Jacobson, Tracey Ann: Biography". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  6. Alex Thompson and Tina Sfondeles, "Afghanistan blame game" POLITICO Aug 16, 2021
  7. Lara Seligman, "Biden directs evacuation flights for Afghan interpreters to begin late July" POLITICO July 14, 2021
  8. "Tracey Ann Jacobson". U.S. Department of State. August 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  9. "Tracey Jacobson". Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  10. "Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson".
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