Bathsheba "Sheba" Nell Crocker (born 1968) is an American diplomat who had served as the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva. She previously served as

Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs The assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs is the head of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs within the United States Department of State that creates and executes policy in international organizations ...

from 2014 to 2017.

Education

The daughter of

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, Crocker received a

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from

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, a

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from the

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, and a

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from

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, Harvard Law School is the oldest law school in continuous operation in the United ...

Career

Crocker was an International Affairs Fellow at the

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from 2002 to 2003. From 2003 to 2005, Crocker worked at the

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on the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project as a fellow and co-director. Crocker was also the Deputy Chief of Staff at the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, from 2005 to 2007. Afterwards, she was the senior advisor to the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support at the UN Peacebuilding Support Office, from 2007 to 2008. From 2008 to 2009, Crocker was a Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer for International Affairs at the

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. Crocker most recently served in several positions at the

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, including as a Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State, as the Principal Deputy Director in the

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under

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, and as Chief of Staff to

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. Crocker has also previously served as an attorney-adviser for the Office of the

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; as deputy U.S. special representative for Southeast Europe Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy; and as the executive assistant to the

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for the

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at the

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. She has also taught as an adjunct professor at

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, and

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. Crocker was confirmed by the

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on September 18, 2014, and was sworn in as Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs the next day on September 19, 2014. After leaving the Department of State in January 2017, Crocker joined

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as their vice president for humanitarian policy and practice. In November 2020, Crocker was named a volunteer member of the Joe Biden presidential transition Agency Review Team to support transition efforts related to the

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and the

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Ambassador to the UN in Geneva

On June 24, 2021, President

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nominated Crocker to serve as the next Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva. Hearings on her nomination were held before the

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on September 15, 2021. The committee favorably reported the nomination on October 19, 2021. Crocker was confirmed by the entire Senate on December 18, 2021, via

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. Crocker was sworn in on December 21, 2021, and presented her credentials on January 18, 2022.

References

External links

Sheba Crocker's contributions on DipNote
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