Thomas-Greenfield, Linda

LC control no.	n 2009081245
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Thomas-Greenfield, Linda *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Greenfield, Linda Thomas-
Located	Louisiana
Birth date	1952
Affiliation	Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.) University of Wisconsin--Madison Bucknell University United States. Foreign Service
Profession or occupation	Ambassadors College teachers
Found in	Baháʻí Chair for World Peace Interactive Dialogue (1st : 2007 : College Park, Maryland). The Humanity of diplomacy, 2009: t.p. (Linda Thomas-Greenfield) p. 41 (career member of the Senior Foreign Service at the Minister Counselor level...appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau for African Affairs in December 2006) U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian website, August 5, 2014 (Linda Thomas-Greenfield (1952-); Foreign Service officer; state of residence: Louisiana) U.S. Department of State website, August 5, 2014 (Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, Term of Appointment: 08/06/2013 to present. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a member of the Career Foreign Service, was sworn in on August 6, 2013 as the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield's 32-year Foreign Service career includes an ambassadorship to Liberia (2008-20120), and foreign postings in Switzerland (at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations), Pakistan, Kenya, The Gambia, Nigeria, and Jamaica. In addition to the Bureau of Human Resources, her Washington postings include the Bureau of African Affairs (2006-2008) where she served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, and the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (2004-2006) where she served as Deputy Assistant Secretary. Prior to joining the Department of State, Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield taught Political Science at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. She earned a bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University and a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin, where she also did work towards a doctorate.)