FOREIGN SERVICE DEPARTURES AFSA NEWS 74 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2026 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL Missing Your FSJ? Have you moved recently? If so, don’t miss an issue: Update your mailing address to keep your subscription to the FSJ current. You can update your address, along with any other contact information on file, at https://afsa.org/address-change, or by emailing member@afsa.org. It only takes a minute and helps AFSA ensure your benefits, ballots, and other member communications reach you without interruption. n NEWS BRIEF AFSA continues its ongoing series listing recent retirements and other departures from the Foreign Service. If your last day of service was on or after January 1, 2025, and you would like to be included, please share your information by completing this form at https://bit.ly/AFSAdepartures. Note: This is entirely voluntary. We will include your name and agency under the month that you completed your service. Please wait until you are “departure official” before reporting your separation and report only your own departure. Encourage your friends and colleagues to also send in the form. AFSA thanks the following colleagues for their service to the nation. n April 2025 Benjamin Dille—State Lisa Schuyler Jewell—State May 2025 Stephen Banks—State June 2025 James Kovar—APHIS July 2025 Penelope Thomas—USAID August 2025 Robert Forden—State September 2025 Tracey De Rosa—State Eric Falls—State Todd Flower—USAID Jeff Gringer—State Todd Hamner—USAID Alexandra Riboul—USAID October 2025 Tom Canahuate—State Michelle Shirley—USAID November 2025 Lisa Johnson—State Philip Laidlaw—State Anne Marie Moore—State December 2025 John Barbian—State March 2026 Warren Leishman—USAID April 2026 Edward Burkhalter—State Claire Pierangelo—State May 2026 Jean Akers—State Olga Bashbush—State John Dinkelman—State Melissa O’Shaughnessy— State Oscar Rivera—State Sharon Weber—State June 2026 Bradford Bell—State W. Patrick Murphy—State July 2026 Edward Allen—State Hannah Kamenetsky—FCS September 2026 Cathleen Carothers—State Grace Choi—State Lawrence Fields—State Elizabeth Gracon—State Jennifer Johnson—State Helen LaFave—State Michael McMahon—State Heather Merritt—State Kimberly Morales—State Maria Mussler—State Bridget Premont—State Erin Sawyer—State Lian von Wantoch—State Jonathan Webster—State
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