Joyce Anne Barr
| Joyce Anne Barr | |
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| Assistant Secretary of State for Administration | |
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In office December 19, 2011 – January 26, 2017 |
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| President |
Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Rajkumar Chellaraj |
| Succeeded by | Harry Mahar (Acting) |
| United States Ambassador to Namibia | |
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In office October 27, 2004 – July 31, 2007 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Kevin McGuire |
| Succeeded by | Gail Mathieu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 (age 65–66) |
| Alma mater |
Pacific Lutheran University Harvard University National Defense University |
Joyce Anne Barr is an American diplomat and a career foreign service officer in the Department of State. She served as an Assistant Secretary of State for Administration and Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer. Prior to that, Barr was the International Affairs Advisor at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Her previous assignment was as the Executive Director for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP) within the State Department. She served as the ambassador to Namibia from 2004 to 2007.
Assistant Secretary Barr received a B.A. in Business Administration from Pacific Lutheran University graduating Magna Cum Laude. She has also received a M.P.A. from Harvard University and an M.S. in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
Assistant Secretary Barr is a career diplomat having joined the Department of State in 1979. She has held assignments in (1980), Budapest (1982), Nairobi (1985), Khartoum (1989), Ashgabat (1998), and Kuala Lumpur, where she was Counselor for Management Affairs.
Assistant Secretary Barr has also had domestic assignments in Washington, D.C. She worked for the Department of State’s Bureau of Personnel, Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, and while Bureau of International Organizations in the UN Industrial Development Organization and the World Tourism Organization.
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