The President of the United States of America nominated Mary Catherine Phee as a new Ambassador to South Sudan replacing Suzan D. Page.
Barack Obama in statement on Wednesday, announced Ms Catherine represent US in South Sudan.
She is serving as a career member of the Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor and is currently Chief of Staff at the Office of the Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan since 2014.
Ms Catherine previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 2011 to 2014 and served in the Department of State as Director for Iraq at the National Security Council from 2009 to 2011.
She also worked as a Regional Affairs Coordinator at the US Embassy in Rome, Italy from 2008 to 2009 and as Counselor for Political Affairs at the US Mission to the United Nations from 2005 to 2008.
Ms Catherine was Special Assistant to the Secretary’s Senior Advisor on Iraq at DOS in 2005. She served as Desk Officer for United Nations Political Affairs in the International Organizations Bureau in 2003 and again from 2004 to 2005 and from 2003 to 2004.