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Biographical Information on Principal Officers
of the Department of State

This list provides biographical information on Department of State officials commissioned by the President prior to January 21, 2001, and Chiefs of Bureaus designated by the Secretary of State, who hold ranks equivalent to Assistant Secretary of State. (Also see biographical information on ambassadors and chiefs of mission.)

Secretary of State and Deputy Secretary of State

Albright, Madeleine K., Secretary of State
Talbott, Strobe, Deputy Secretary of State

Under Secretaries of State
(listed alphabetically)

Cohen, Bonnie, Under Secretary for Management
Larson, Alan P., Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs
Lieberman, Evelyn S., Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Loy, Frank E., Under Secretary for Global Affairs
Pickering, Thomas R., Under Secretary for Political Affairs
Sherman, Wendy, Counselor

Other Principal Officers
(listed alphabetically)

Bader, William B., Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs
Beers, Rand, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
Bohlen, Avis T., Assistant Secretary for Arms Control
Boucher, Richard A., Department Spokesman and Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
Bridgers, Jacquelyn L. Williams, Inspector General
Burbano, Fernando, Chief Information Officer for Bureau of Information Resource Management
Carpenter, David G., Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security and Director of the Office of Foreign Missions
Dobbins, James F., Assistant Secretary for European Affairs
Dwyer, John, Coordinator for International Information Programs
Edwards, Bert T., Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Finance and Management Policy
Einhorn, Robert J., Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation
French, Mary Mel, Chief of Protocol
Grossman, Marc., Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources
Halperin, Morton H., Director of the Policy Planning Staff
Holbrooke, Richard C., Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations
Inderfurth, Karl, Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs
Kennedy, Patrick, Assistant Secretary for Administration
Koh, Harold Hongju, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Larkin, Barbara Mills, Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs
Loar, Theresa A., Coordinator for International Women's Issues
Neureiter, Norman, Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State
Newsom, Eric David, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs
Rice, Susan, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs
Richard, Anne C., Director, Resources, Plans and Policy, Office of the Secretary of State
Romero, Peter F., Acting Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs
Roy, J. Stapleton, Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research
Roth, Stanley, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Ryan, Mary A., Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs
Sandalow, David B., Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES)
Sestanovich, Stephen R., Ambassador at Large and Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for the New Independent States
Sheaks, Owen J., Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance
Scheffer, David John, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes
Sheehan, Michael A., Ambassador at Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism
Taft, Julia V., Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration
Thessin, James H., Acting Legal Adviser
Walker, Edward S., Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs
Wayne, Anthony E., Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs
Welch, David, Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs

List of Principal Officers of the Department of State (1778 - 1997)
List of U.S. Ambassadors by Country (1778 - )

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