Careers Representing America
Diplomats in Residence (DIRs) are career Foreign Service Officers who are located throughout the United States and responsible for providing guidance and advice to students, professionals and the community about Department careers. DIRs are available to answer questions and share insight with those interested in Foreign and Civil Service careers, internships and fellowships.
Please take the time to get to know our site. When you’re ready, contact a DIR closest to your geographic location who will answer your questions. Just rollover the interactive map to the right and click on your region. You can also find local events under the "Engage" section.
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Brooks Robinson, Diplomat in Residence
(AK, Northern CA, MT, OR, WA)
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| Region: Northwest |
| Location: University of California, Berkeley |
| Phone: 510-642-8125 |
| Fax: 510-642-6987 |
 
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| Tours: Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Swaziland, and Switzerland |
| Career Track: Public Diplomacy Career Track |
| Years of Service: 25 |
| Prior Career: N/A |
| Languages: French and some Norwegian |
| Education: University of California Davis, International Relations |
| Interesting Experience: This is hard to answer because there are so many "most interesting experiences" in any Foreign Service career! I'll choose an example from my most recent overseas posting: I was Charge d'Affaires, a.i. when we discovered that Pakistanis were being trafficked through Liberia to Europe on stolen American passports. This was among the "most interesting" because it immediately became a hot-button, high-profile issue that drew significant attention from various offices in Washington; because it demanded working several fronts at once in order to figure out what was going on and push host-country officials to take swift action; and because it involved pulling together a team made of up staff from several sections of the embassy who had to work superbly together and effectively with several different Liberian government agencies. It was intense, important, and demanding. And very, very interesting! |
| Last Post: Deputy Chief of Mission, Monrovia, Liberia where I helped lead the embassy through a process of "normalization" following decades of conflict and civil war in Liberia, and through a period of significant growth in staffing and foreign assistance resources. |
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Faisal Khan, Recruiter
(Southern CA, HI)
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| Region: Southern California |
| Location: Washington, D.C. |
| Phone: 202-261-8881 |
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Philip Egger, Diplomat in Residence
(AZ, ID, NV, UT)
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| Region: Southwest |
| Location: Arizona State University |
| Phone: 480-727-7126 |
| Fax: 480-965-3929 |
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| Tours:Africa, Latin America, Europe, Middle East |
| Career Track: Consular |
| Years of Service: 31 years |
| Languages: Spanish |
| Education: Vanderbilt University, BA 74; Industrial College of the Armed Forces, MS 96 |
| Interesting Experience: There have been many in over three decades with the State Department, but here's an offbeat and recent one. In 2007 I was serving on a provincial reconstruction team in southern Iraq. We worked closely with the Australian battle group which was based in the province on reconstruction projects. They also provided our secure transport throughout the region. On one trip with the battle group to the provincial capital, we spent the night in the open desert, miles away from any habitation. It was a moonless night and for someone accustomed to the light pollution of southern California it was an incredible experience. I stayed awake for hours watching shooting stars streak across the sky. |
| Last Post: Consul General, Rome Italy. |
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Ambassador Roger Pierce, Diplomat in Residence
(CO, NM, Northwest TX, WY)
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| Region: Rocky Mountains Southwest |
| Location: University of New Mexico |
| Phone: 505-277-2531 |
| Fax: 505-277-9285 |
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| Tours: Cape Verde, Chile, India, Turkey and the Netherlands |
| Career Track: Consular |
| Years of Service: 33 (in January) |
| Prior Career: Teaching -- Spanish Teacher |
| Languages: Spanish, Turkish, Dutch, Arabic, Portuguese |
| Education: BA - Davis and Elkins College – Spanish; MA - Univ. of Maryland - Latin American Literature |
| Last Post: Foreign Policy Adviser to the Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command. Kept senior command leadership informed of relevant developments in countries of interest. |
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