Sylvia Reed Curran (1958 – September 19, 2021)[1] was a career member of the United States Foreign Service who served as the Deputy Chief of Mission and Charge d’Affaires in Turkmenistan, Ashgabat (2007–2010),[2] and Consul General in Vladivostok, Russia (2010–2013).[3]
Curran began with the State Department in 1987 after working in cytogenetics at the University of Chicago. Curran earned a BS in Biology and AAS in Chemistry from the University of Alaska, studied Medical Technology at the University of Hawaiʻi, and received an MS in National Resource Strategy from National Defense University.