Janet E. Garvey Explained

Janet E. Garvey
Office:United States Ambassador to Cameroon
Term Start:November 9, 2007
Term End:August 1, 2010
Predecessor:R. Niels Marquardt
Successor:Robert P. Jackson
Birth Place:Milton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education:Archbishop Williams High School
Northeastern University
Walsh School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University Law Center (JD)
Profession:Diplomat

Janet E. Garvey (born 1953) is a faculty member at Northeastern University and was a Career Foreign Service Officer who served as the American Ambassador to Cameroon (2007-2010),[1] [2] [3]

Garvey was the associate director for international liaison at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, deputy coordinator at the Bureau of International Information Programs at the Department of State, and director of the Office of North Central European Affairs at the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the Department of State.

Under her tenure as Ambassador, Cameroon was still undergoing internal strife. The US “(appeared) to prefer the status quo ... (reflecting) the common U.S. foreign policy dilemma of trying to balance straightforward national security interests with promoting democracy.” Due to concerns, in part about Nigeria, the US had 300 soldiers and a drone base are stationed in northern Cameroon. In 2009, Garvey wrote “It is difficult to say that we have substantially moved the ball on the things that matter most to us” like strengthening democracy.[4]

Education

A native of Milton, Massachusetts, Garvey graduated from Archbishop Williams High School[5] and earned a bachelor's degree from Northeastern University, and her master's and Juris Doctor degrees from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (MSFS 1979)[6] and Georgetown University Law Center.

References

  1. Web site: Janet E. Garvey . US State Department Archive . 9 October 2007 . 27 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Janet Garvey . Northeastern University . 27 January 2020.
  3. Web site: Janet E. Garvey . Office of the Historian . 27 January 2020.
  4. News: Morse . Yonatan . Cameroon has been in crisis for six months. Here's what you need to know. . 27 January 2020 . The Washington Post . June 2, 2017.
  5. News: Milton native praised as Ambassador to Cameroon . 27 January 2020 . Wicked Local Milton . February 25, 2009.
  6. Web site: Prominent Alumni . Walsh School of Foreign Service . Georgetown University . 27 January 2020.