Susan S. Jacobs

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Susan Jacobs
Special Advisor for Children's Issues
In office
September 30, 2011 – 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byPosition established
United States Ambassador to the Solomon Islands
In office
December 4, 2000 – August 1, 2003
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byArma Karaer
Succeeded byRobert Fitts
United States Ambassador to Vanuatu
In office
November 29, 2000 – August 1, 2003
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byArma Karaer
Succeeded byRobert Fitts
United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea
In office
November 7, 2000 – August 1, 2003
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byArma Karaer
Succeeded byRobert Fitts
Personal details
Born1945 (age 79–80)
Alma materUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Georgetown University
George Washington University

Susan S. Jacobs was the first person to fill the newly created role of Special Advisor for International Children's Issues. This new foreign policy position and assignment for Jacobs was created by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and announced on July 1, 2010.

Jacobs has previously served as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs. A former U.S. Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, she also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Global Issues in the Bureau of Legislative Affairs. Her Foreign Service career also included tours in Caracas, Tel Aviv, New Delhi, Bucharest, and San Salvador. Jacobs retired from the Foreign Service in 2017.

Jacobs graduated from the University of Michigan and later studied at Georgetown University Law School and the George Washington University. She has received the Department of State's Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards, and the U.S. Embassy New Delhi's Community Achievement Award.[2]

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References

  1. ^ American Academy of Diplomacy, https://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/members-1/jacobs/susan
  2. ^ state.gov (2010-07-01). "Secretary Clinton Designates Special Advisor for International Children's Issues". US Department of State. Retrieved 2010-10-21.