Chargé d’Affaires
Karen L. Williams assumed Deputy Chief of Mission duties at U.S. Embassy Georgetown in January 2008 following an 18-month tour as Deputy Director of Caribbean Affairs in Washington, D.C.
A career member of the Foreign Service, Miss Williams joined the U.S. Information Agency in September 1991 and served as a Cultural Affairs Officer and Press Officer/Spokesperson in tours in Paraguay, Kazakhstan and Bosnia-Herzegovina until the merger of USIA with the Department of State in 1999. As a State Department Officer, she served subsequent tours as Press Officer/Spokesperson in Bosnia and as Public Affairs Officer in Paraguay.
Prior to joining the U.S. government, Miss Williams was editorial director of a national specialty newspaper publishing company based in Kansas City, MO, and prior editor-in-chief of the Springfield Business Journal in Springfield, MO.
Miss Williams graduated from the National War College in Washington, D.C., in 2006 with a Masters degree in National Security Strategy Studies and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Drury University in Springfield, MO.
Effective Sunday, March 16, 2008 Deputy Chief of Mission, Karen Williams assumed Chargé d’Affaires duties.