Kelly C. Degnan

Kelly Colleen Degnan is a U.S. diplomat currently serving as the Chargé d'Affaires to the U.S. Mission to Italy and San Marino in Rome, Italy.

Degnan graduated from the University of Southern California Law Center and practiced law in California for several years. She sailed the Pacific Ocean for five years, working as legal counsel in the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau before joining the State Department. She holds an undergraduate degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

Following the departure of Ambassador John R. Phillips, Degnan became Chargé d’Affaires ad interim to the U.S. Mission to Italy and San Marino. She had served as the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) at the same post beginning in November 2015. Prior to this assignment, she served on the Secretary of State's staff as Deputy Executive Secretary from February 2014 to September 2015. Prior to returning to Washington, Degnan served as Deputy Chief of Mission at U.S. Embassy Pristina in Kosovo. She moved to Embassy Kosovo from the U.S. Mission to NATO in Brussels, where she was the Political Advisor for three years.

In addition, Degnan has served overseas in eastern Afghanistan, Turkey, Botswana, and Pakistan since joining the United States Foreign Service in 1993. She also served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of State and Special Assistant to the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs during her previous tours in Washington.

Degnan speaks Italian, French, Turkish, Urdu, and her mother tongue, English.

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