Carol van Voorst
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Carol van Voorst is the current United States Ambassador to Iceland. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 18, 2005, after being nominated by President George W. Bush on October 28, 2005.[1]
[edit] Education
Van Voorst was born in Holland, Michigan. She attended Hope College, where she received her B.A. She also has an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Princeton University, and an M.A. in international security policy from the National War College.[2] She is married to William Garland.
[edit] Career
Before she joined the Foreign Service, van Voorst was an American history teacher at the City University of New York.[3] She was also a congressional aide for the Helsinki Commission. In 1980, van Voorst joined the Foreign Service. She then served as an Embassy Officer to the Netherlands. From 1999 to 2002, she served as Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki, Finland after previously serving as the Deputy High Representative in Sarajevo, Bosnia. She also served as the Director of the Office of Nordic and Baltic Affairs from 1995 to 1997, and as the Director of Austrian, German, and Swiss Affairs, from 2002 to 2004.[4] Van Voorst was sworn in as the United States ambassador to Iceland on January 3, 2006.
[edit] References
- ^ Senate confirms Carol van Voorst as Ambassador of the United States of America to Iceland. reykjavik.usembassy.gov. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
- ^ Ambassador Carol van Voorst Presents Her Credentials. reykjavik.usembassy.gov. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
- ^ Biography. state.gov. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
- ^ Carol Van Voorst. nndb.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
