Curious about what it's like to be a woman in the Foreign Service? Come learn from Ambassador Elizabeth Fitzsimmons at this Ask Me Anything event!
Ambassador Elizabeth Fitzsimmons is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister Counselor. Prior to her appointment as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, Elizabeth served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Togolese Republic from 2022 to 2024. She was previously the Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs. She has also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central Africa and Public Diplomacy, the Acting Deputy Spokesperson for the Department, Deputy Executive Secretary to Secretaries Kerry and Tillerson, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Diplomacy in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. She joined the Department in 1995, and at the time of her swearing in was the youngest member of the Foreign Service. She has served overseas in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Cambodia, India, Bulgaria, and Togo.
Sponsored by the Kennedy Center's Foreign Service Student Organization.