Roberta S. Jacobson
| Roberta Jacobson | |
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| United States Ambassador to Mexico | |
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Assumed office June 20, 2016 |
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| President |
Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | William H. Duncan (Acting) |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs | |
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In office July 31, 2011 – May 5, 2016 Acting: July 31, 2011 – March 30, 2012 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | John Feeley Paco Palmieri |
| Preceded by | Arturo Valenzuela |
| Succeeded by | Mari Aponte (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 14, 1960 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Brown University Tufts University |
Roberta S. Jacobson (born April 14, 1960) is an American diplomat who is the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, having served from 2016 to present. She previously served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs from March 30, 2012, to May 5, 2016. The U.S. Senate approved her nomination as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico on April 28, 2016.
Born Roberta Ann Steinfeld, she was raised in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Her father, Julian was an electrical engineer who served as the vice president of Mid-Island Electric Supply in Plainview, New York and her mother, Gloria, was a teacher and the supervisor of family and neighborhood counseling for the Bergen County Department of Health Services. Her parents were both active in the local community, with her mother serving on the board of education as its president and her father appointed to serve on the municipality's board of adjustment. She graduated from Dwight Morrow High School.
She completed her undergraduate education at Brown University, then spent 1982 through 1984 at the United Nations Center for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs. She earned her master's degree in Law & Diplomacy at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in 1986.
In 1988, she worked at the United States National Security Council. The next year, she joined the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs in the United States Department of State as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, becoming Executive Assistant to the Assistant Secretary in 1992. She also served as Coordinator for Cuban Affairs. From 1996 to 2000, she was director of the Office of Policy Planning and Coordination at the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, covering issues such as civil-military relations, human rights, foreign assistance, and counter-narcotics throughout the hemisphere.
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