Patricia Alsup
Carolyn Patricia "Pat" Alsup (born September 24, 1950) is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to the Gambia. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on June 8, 2015, and advice and consent, confirmed by the Senate on October 8, 2015. 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 physician and civil rights activist. When she was twelve, Alsup spent a summer in Germany, an experience that sparked an early interest in the languages and culture of other countries. She attended Westtown School, a Quaker high school near Philadelphia, and graduated in 1968. Alsup then attended Wellesley College as an undergraduate and received her B.A. degree in economics in 1972. She earned an M.B.A. at the Harvard Business School with an emphasis in marketing. Later, she attended the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, formerly known as the Ind ...
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United States Ambassador To The Gambia
This is a list of United States ambassadors to the Gambia, the first of who was appointed on May 18, 1965, exactly three months after it attained independence from the United Kingdom. Ambassadors Notes See also *The Gambia–United States relations *Foreign relations of the Gambia *Ambassadors of the United States Notes ReferencesUnited States Department of State: Background notes on the Gambia* External links United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for The GambiaUnited States Department of State: The GambiaUnited States Embassy in Banjul {{DEFAULTSORT:Ambassadors of the United States to the Gambia Gambia, The United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territor ...