SUBJECT: Ambassadorial Nomination: Certificate of Demonstrated Competence — Foreign Service Act, Section 304(a)(4)
POST: Socialist Republic of Vietnam
CANDIDATE: Jennifer Wicks McNamara
Jennifer Wicks is currently the Director of the Office of Presidential Appointments, a high-profile position, which she has held since November 2012 serving four different Presidential administrations. In this role, she routinely engages with senior officials at the White House and the Department of State. A career Civil Service employee with nearly 31 years of experience in the U.S. government, her previous Department of State positions include Chief of Staff in the Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources, Senior Advisor for Legislative and Public Affairs to the Under Secretary of State for Management, and Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Administration. Additionally, Ms. Wicks is an adjunct executive leadership coach with the National Foreign Affairs Training Center’s Leadership and Management School.
Ms. Wicks began her U.S. government career with the U.S. Army in Seoul, South Korea and subsequently worked in different leadership and management roles for the Army in Hawaii and Virginia. She is an innovative and strategic leader who successfully led major crosscutting initiatives to include modernizing the State Department’s diplomatic title policy to more accurately reflect today’s evolving diplomatic environment around the world and served in a key role planning for and executing the Department’s Presidential transition efforts. Ms. Wicks’ previous interagency and legislative experience along with deep understanding of policy and management issues make her well-qualified to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam.
Ms. Wicks received a Master of Science in National Security Strategy from the National War College in 2008 and a Master of Public Administration from The American University in 2003.
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