Tracey Ann Jacobson

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Tracey Ann Jacobson is an American diplomat and the current United States Ambassador to Tajikistan.

Jacobson received her B.A. from Johns Hopkins University, and her M.A. from the JHU Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.

Jacobson served as Deputy Executive Secretary at the National Security Council at the White House, where she facilitated the development of foreign policy initiatives for the National Security Advisor and the President.

Jacobson, a career member of the Foreign Service, has served overseas in Seoul, Korea, Nassau, Bahamas, and Moscow, Russia. Her domestic assignments have included the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, and the Office of the Under Secretary for Management.

She served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Riga, Latvia, as the U.S. Ambassador to Turkmenistan (August 2003-July 2006), and currently as the United States Ambassador to Tajikistan.