New US envoy set to arrive Friday night
KRISTIE ANNE KENNEY, the first woman US ambassador to the Philippines, was scheduled to arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport late Friday night through a Continental Airlines flight.
A check with the US Embassy, however, said that it did not have definite information on Kenney’s arrival, except that she could come within the week.
Kenney will replace Ambassador Francis Ricciardone who left last year for a new assignment.
The US State Department announced Kenney’s assignment to the Philippines on November 3, 2005. Her nomination was sent to the US Senate on November 7, and she was confirmed on February 16.
Kenney was sworn in as ambassador to Ecuador on September 6, 2002. It was her first ambassadorial post. Before that, she was senior adviser to the US assistant secretary for international narcotics and law enforcement from 2001 to 2002.
For three years before that, she was the executive secretary of the State Department, the first woman to hold that key position. In that capacity, she headed a staff of 185 people responsible for interagency policy coordination and crisis management. She worked directly for Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright. Kenney also led the State Department transition team from the Clinton to Bush administration.
Kenney’s overseas postings include serving as economic counselor at the US Mission in Geneva, economic officer at the US Embassy in Argentina and consular officer at the US Embassy in Jamaica. Her Washington positions include working as director of the State Department Operations Center, working on detail to the White House as a member of the National Security Council staff and serving as a political-military officer in the Office of NATO Affairs.
Ambassador Kenney holds a master’s degree in Latin American studies from Tulane University and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Clemson University. She also attended the National War College. She speaks Spanish and French. She is a native of Washington, D.C., and was a page for the US Senate, a tour guide in the US Capitol and an intern in the House of Representatives. Before joining the foreign service, she was a staff member for the Senate human resources committee.
Kenney received the State Department’s Distinguished Honor Award, the Arnold Raphel Memorial Award (for leadership, motivation and mentoring) and other honors for superior service.
A check with the US Embassy, however, said that it did not have definite information on Kenney’s arrival, except that she could come within the week.
Kenney will replace Ambassador Francis Ricciardone who left last year for a new assignment.
The US State Department announced Kenney’s assignment to the Philippines on November 3, 2005. Her nomination was sent to the US Senate on November 7, and she was confirmed on February 16.
Kenney was sworn in as ambassador to Ecuador on September 6, 2002. It was her first ambassadorial post. Before that, she was senior adviser to the US assistant secretary for international narcotics and law enforcement from 2001 to 2002.
For three years before that, she was the executive secretary of the State Department, the first woman to hold that key position. In that capacity, she headed a staff of 185 people responsible for interagency policy coordination and crisis management. She worked directly for Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright. Kenney also led the State Department transition team from the Clinton to Bush administration.
Kenney’s overseas postings include serving as economic counselor at the US Mission in Geneva, economic officer at the US Embassy in Argentina and consular officer at the US Embassy in Jamaica. Her Washington positions include working as director of the State Department Operations Center, working on detail to the White House as a member of the National Security Council staff and serving as a political-military officer in the Office of NATO Affairs.
Ambassador Kenney holds a master’s degree in Latin American studies from Tulane University and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Clemson University. She also attended the National War College. She speaks Spanish and French. She is a native of Washington, D.C., and was a page for the US Senate, a tour guide in the US Capitol and an intern in the House of Representatives. Before joining the foreign service, she was a staff member for the Senate human resources committee.
Kenney received the State Department’s Distinguished Honor Award, the Arnold Raphel Memorial Award (for leadership, motivation and mentoring) and other honors for superior service.
Manila Times
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