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Principal Officer Tracker
Updated January 28, 2026
Total Positions: 88
Principal officers are heads of diplomatic missions below the level of an embassy - generally consulates and consulates general.
The list below is alphabetized by city name. Click on a letter to jump down to the first city on the list whose name begins with that letter.
a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | v | w
| Post | Principal Officer | Career/Political |
|---|---|---|
| Adana | Eric R. Mehler | Career |
| Almaty | Michelle Yerkin | Career |
| Amsterdam | Lindsey L. Rothenberg | Career |
| Auckland | Melissa Sweeney | Career |
| Banja Luka | Todd Bullock | Career |
| Barcelona | Lia Miller | Career |
| Belfast | James Applegate | Career |
| Bordeaux | Jessica Kuhn | Career |
| Busan | Dewey Moore | Career |
| Calgary | Emily Fleckner | Career |
| Cape Town | Allison Areias | Career |
| Casablanca | Marissa Scott | Career |
| Chennai | Christopher W. Hodges | Career |
| Chiang Mai | Kelia Cummins | Career |
| Ciudad Juarez | Rafael Foley | Career |
| Curacao | Ramon "Chico" Negron | Career |
| Dhahran | James Sindle | Career |
| Dubai | Meghan Gregonis | Career |
| Durban | Rebecca E. Gonzales | Career |
| Dusseldorf | Preeti V. Shah | Career |
| Edinburgh | Kathryn Porter | Career |
| Erbil | Gwendolyn Green | Career |
| Florence | Daniela Ballard | Career |
| Frankfurt | Brian Heath | Career |
| Fukuoka | Virsa Y. Perkins | Career |
| Guadalajara | Amy Scanlon | Career |
| Guangzhou | Pauline Kao | Career |
| Guayaquil | Erik Martini | Career |
| Halifax | Viki Limaye | Career |
| Hamburg | Scott Woodard | Career |
| Hamilton | Antoinette Hurtado | Career |
| Hermosillo | Drew Hoster | Career |
| Ho Chi Minh City | Melissa A. Brown | Career |
| Hong Kong and Macau | Julie Eadeh | Career |
| Hyderabad | Laura Williams | Career |
| Istanbul | Michael Lally | Career |
| Jeddah | Rafik Mansour | Career |
| Johannesburg | Stephanie Bunce | Career |
| Kaohsiung | Neil Gibson | Career |
| Karachi | Charles Goodman | Career |
| Kolkata | Kathy Giles-Diaz | Career |
| Krakow | Gretchen Cureton | Career |
| Lagos | Rick Swart | Career |
| Lahore | Stetson Sanders | Career |
| Leipzig | Jodi Breisler | Career |
| Lyon | Molly Mayfield Barbee | Career |
| Marseilles | Jessica Huaracayo | Career |
| Matamoros | Mary Virginia Hantsch | Career |
| Medan | Lisa Podolny | Career |
| Melbourne | Vacant | |
| Merida | Justen A. Thomas | Career |
| Milan | Douglass Benning | Career |
| Monterrey | Melissa A. Bishop | Career |
| Montreal | Robert P. Sanders | Career |
| Mumbai | Vacant | |
| Munich | James Miller | Career |
| Nagoya | Anna Wang | Career |
| Naha | Andrew Ou | Career |
| Naples | Terrence Flynn | Career |
| Nogales | Michelle Ward | Career |
| Nuevo Laredo | Erica Zielke | Career |
| Nuuk | Susan A. "Suzi" Wilson | Career |
| Osaka-Kobe | Jason R. Cubas | Career |
| Perth | Colleen Altstock | Career |
| Peshawar | Thomas Eckert | Career |
| Ponta Delgada | Rita Rico | Career |
| Porto Alegre | Jason Green | Career |
| Quebec City | Anne Dudte | Career |
| Recife | May Baptista | Career |
| Rennes | Emily Cintora | Career |
| Rio de Janeiro | Ryan Rowlands | Career |
| São Paulo | Kevin Murakami | Career |
| Sapporo | Yuki Kondo-Shah | Career |
| Shanghai | Scott Walker | Career |
| Shenyang | William M. Coleman, IV | Career |
| St. Georges (Grenada) | Cindy Diouf | Career |
| Strasbourg | Yvonne Gonzales | Career |
| Surabaya | Chris Green | Career |
| Sydney | Jeremy Cornforth | Career |
| AIT Taipei | Raymond F. Greene | Career |
| Thessaloniki | Jerrier "Jerry" Ismail | Career |
| Tijuana | Christopher Teal | Career |
| Toronto | Baxter Hunt | Career |
| Tromsø | Kristen L. Gruizenga | Career |
| Vancouver | Shawn Crowley | Career |
| Winnipeg | Rebecca Molinoff | Career |
| Wuhan | Christopher L. Green | Career |
Questions, comments, corrections? Let us know!
Information taken from www.state.gov and individual embassy websites.