Curt Whittaker has been a Foreign Service officer with the U.S. Department of State since 2008, with postings in Tegucigalpa, Nogales, Baghdad, Munich, and Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Whittaker was an administrator and an instructor at Eastern Oregon University and Southern Oregon University. He received a BA in Spanish translation from Brigham Young University and an MS in educational technology leadership from The George Washington University. He claims Oregon as home.