Bernadette M. Allen

Bernadette M. Allen, current U.S. Ambassador to Niger

Bernadette M. Allen is a United States foreign service officer and ambassador. She is the current U.S. Ambassador to Niger.

[edit] State Department Career

General Services Officer/Vice Consul at the U.S. Embassy in Bujumbura, Burundi (1980-1982)
Temporary duty assignment as Consul at the U.S. Consulate in Fukuoka, Japan (1984)
Consul at the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines (1982-1984)
Consular Section Chief at the U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou, China (1991-1994)
Chief of the Montreal Consular Section (2000-2002)
Consul General at the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal (2002-2005)

Desk officer in the Africa Bureau’s Regional Affairs Office (1985-1987)
Visa officer in the Visa Office Coordination Division (1985-1989)
Studied Mandarin Chinese at National Foreign Affairs Training Center (NFATC) (1989) and in Taipei, Taiwan (1990)
Deputy Director of Consular Training at the National Foreign Affairs Training Center (NFATC) (1994-1996)
Legislative Management Officer (1996-1998)
Director of the Visa Office Coordination Division (1998-2000)

Superior Honor Award for leadership as Consul General in Montreal
Meritorious Honor Award for outstanding managerial and professional skills in Guangzhou, China
Superior Honor Award for outstanding leadership and performance as Visa Coordination Division Director

Lifetime membership in the U.S. Tennis Association
Big Sisters of the Washington, DC Metropolitan area volunteer
Usher Board Chairman at the Carmody Hills Baptist Church in Seat Pleasant, Maryland
President of the Central College African-American Student Organization (Pella, Iowa)
Member of service sorority Alpha Delta Epsilon (Pella, Iowa)

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Gail D. T. Mathieu	U.S. Ambassador to Niger 2006–present	Succeeded by —