Helen Reed-Rowe
| Helen Reed-Rowe | |
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| United States Ambassador to Palau | |
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In office September 27, 2010 – July 26, 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Inaugural |
| Succeeded by | Amy J. Hyatt |
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| Born | 1949 (age 67–68) Baltimore, Maryland |
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University of Maryland, Eastern Shore BA Naval War College MA |
Helen Reed-Rowe (born 1949), a career diplomat of the Senior Foreign Service, served as the first resident United States Ambassador to Palau.
Reed-Rowe was born Helen Patricia Reed in Baltimore, Maryland. She graduated from Edmondson High School with honors and earned a BA from University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. Reed-Rowe joined the US Foreign Service in 1986 serving overseas and at the Department of State in DC. In 2008, Reed-Rowe earned a master's degree from the Naval War College. On August 9, 2010 President Obama named her to be the first resident US Ambassador to the Republic of Palau. She was sworn in on September 27, 2010. Her final State Department assignment was Ambassador to the United States Army War College.
Reed-Rowe was born Helen Patricia Reed to Gladys and John W. Reed, Sr. in Baltimore, Maryland in 1949. She credits her family with sparking her interest in world affairs. “My parents were very involved in the community and wanted us to be concerned not just with the local area, but the rest of the world. I think that had a strong influence on me.” A native of the Cherry Hill neighborhood of Baltimore City, Reed-Rowe attended public schools and graduated from Edmondson High School with honors.
A first generation college graduate, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (formerly Maryland State College a Historically Black College) in Princess Anne, MD. During her college years, she was inducted into the National Honor Society and listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and University.
Reed-Rowe joined the Foreign Service in 1986 and served overseas in three geographic regions.She served in managerial capacities in Niger, Ecuador and Jamaica, and as Deputy Chief of Mission in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. In Washington, she managed diverse portfolios in the Bureaus of Near Eastern Affairs and European Affairs as well as the Bureau of African Affairs.
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