Wanda L. Nesbitt | |
Ambassador From: | United States |
Country: | Namibia |
Term Start: | November 24, 2010 |
Term End: | November 15, 2013[1] |
Predecessor: | Gail D. Mathieu |
Successor: | Thomas F. Daughton |
President: | Barack Obama |
Ambassador From2: | United States |
Country2: | Ivory Coast |
Term Start2: | November 6, 2007 |
Term End2: | August 10, 2010 |
Predecessor2: | Aubrey Hooks |
Successor2: | Phillip Carter III |
President2: | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
Ambassador From3: | United States |
Country3: | Madagascar |
Term Start3: | January 28, 2002 |
Term End3: | June 23, 2004 |
Successor3: | James D. McGee |
President3: | George W. Bush |
Birth Date: | 7 December 1956 |
Birth Place: | Philadelphia |
Spouse: | James Stejskal |
Alma Mater: | University of Pennsylvania |
Occupation: | Foreign Service Officer |
Wanda Letitia Nesbitt[2] (born December 7, 1956)[3] is a United States diplomat. A career Foreign Service officer, she has been appointed U.S Ambassador to several countries. From November 2013 to October 2017, she served as senior vice president of the National Defense University.[4]
Nesbitt is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended the Philadelphia High School for Girls.[5] She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in international relations and French. She also attended the National War College.[6]
From January 2002 to August 2004, Nesbitt was the United States Ambassador to Madagascar, the United States Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire from 2007-2010 and she was appointed United States Ambassador to Namibia on September 24, 2010.[7]
She was succeeded as US Ambassador to Namibia by Thomas F. Daughton, who was sworn in on October 6, 2014.[8]