Patricia Alsup

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Patricia Alsup (2015)

Carolyn Patricia "Pat" Alsup (* 1961 in St. Petersburg , Florida ) is an American diplomat .

Life

Early life and education

Alsup is from St. Petersburg , Florida . She is the daughter of Nora Reed Alsup and Frederick "Fred" W. Alsup. Her father was a doctor and civil rights activist. When she was twelve, Alsup spent a summer in Germany, an experience that aroused interest in the languages ​​and cultures of other countries from an early age. She attended Westtown School , a Quaker high school near Philadelphia , and graduated in 1968.

Alsup then attended Wellesley College as a student and received her bachelor's degree in economics in 1972. She earned an MBA from Harvard Business School with a major in Marketing. She later attended the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy , formerly known as the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, where she received an MA in 2008.

Career

Alsup's career began in the private sector, working for Seaway Hotels Corporation, the St. Petersburg City Council, the aerospace division of Ling-Temco-Vought Aerospace and SC Johnson & Son. She was a consultant and art gallery owner in St. Petersburg. Alsup also worked for the Washington, DC Development Corporation and served as a commissioner for the St. Petersburg Housing Agency.

In 1992, Alsop joined the US Foreign Service and served until 2000 in Washington, DC, the US Embassy in Mexico City and as a consular officer at the US Embassy in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic .

From 2001 to 2003 Alsup worked as a special assistant in the office of the Undersecretary for Economic Affairs, Trade and Agriculture. Afterwards she was an examiner in the examination board of the department and assistant to the management of the business office.

She spent much of the second half of her career in the Foreign Service in Africa or on missions related to Africa. From 2005 to 2007 she was deputy head of mission at the US Embassy in Banjul in The Gambia .

She then worked as a career development consultant and then took on roles in the Central African Affairs Office from 2010 to 2012. She then became Deputy Head of Mission at the US Embassy in Accra, Ghana, a position that she gave up after three years.

She was nominated by President Barack Obama on June 8, 2015 and ratified by the Senate on October 8, 2015. In November 2015, Alsup arrived in Gambia as ambassador-designate.

On December 14, 2015, Alsup held a swearing-in ceremony for more than thirty new Peace Corps volunteers at their residence in Gambia . Half of the volunteers were earmarked to work on community-based health projects, while the other half were to work with farmers to improve local farming practices and promote sustainability. Since the program opened in 1967, Peace Corps volunteers have served in the Gambia and since then over 1,745 Peace Corps personnel have worked in the Gambia.

Alsup presented her credentials to Gambia's Vice President, Dr. Isatou Njie Saidy , at the State House in Banjul. Speaking at her meeting with Njie-Saidy, Alsup said, “I sincerely hope that we will freely exchange information, cooperate openly and work tirelessly together to improve relations between our two great nations and to further improve the lives of the warm and hospitable people of Gambia ". On September 18, 2018, she ended her stay and her tenure as ambassador.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Note: If Alsup was born in 1961, she was only seven years old when she graduated from high school. Both statements are proven. The actual year of birth should not have been 1961, as can be seen on some websites, including those of the US government.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carolyn Patricia Alsup - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. In: state.gov. history.state.gov, accessed February 5, 2020 .
  2. ^ Ambassador - Banjul, The Gambia - Embassy of the United States. (No longer available online.) In: usembassy.gov. web.archive.org, 2016, archived from the original on April 23, 2016 ; accessed on February 5, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Alsup Carolyn Patricia - Republic of The Gambia July 2015. In: state.gov. US Department of State, accessed February 5, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Outgoing US Deputy Ambassador lauds Ghana. In: ghanaweb.com. Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
  5. ↑ US Ambassador to The Gambia: Who Is C. Patricia Alsup? In: allgov.com. AllGov, accessed February 5, 2020 .
  6. ^ President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts. In: archives.gov. whitehouse.gov, 2015, accessed February 5, 2020 .
  7. ↑ More Than 350 New Peace Corps Volunteers Sworn Into Service at the End of 2015 - Peace Corps. (No longer available online.) In: peacecorps.gov. web.archive.org, 2016, archived from the original on March 3, 2016 ; accessed on February 5, 2020 .
  8. ↑ US Ambassador Presents Credentials Alsup. In: FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda). January 14, 2016, accessed February 5, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Alsup, Patricia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alsup, Carolyn Patricia (full name); Alsup, Pat
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Petersburg , Florida