Linda Swartz Taglialatela

Linda Swartz Taglialatela (born October 22, 1949) is a diplomat and United States Ambassador to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean and the OECS. She was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate on December 9, 2015.[1] On February 1, 2016, she presented her credentials to Sir Elliott Belgrave, Governor-General of Barbados.[2]

Linda Taglialatela
United States Ambassador to Grenada
Incumbent
Assumed office February 3, 2016
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Preceded by	Larry Leon Palmer
United States Ambassador to Saint Kitts and Nevis
Incumbent
Assumed office February 1, 2016
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Preceded by	Larry Leon Palmer
United States Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda
Incumbent
Assumed office February 12, 2016
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Preceded by	Larry Leon Palmer
United States Ambassador to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Incumbent
Assumed office February 1, 2016
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Preceded by	Larry Leon Palmer
United States Ambassador to Saint Lucia
Incumbent
Assumed office February 1, 2016
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Preceded by	Larry Leon Palmer
United States Ambassador to Dominica
Incumbent
Assumed office March 2, 2016
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Preceded by	Larry Leon Palmer
United States Ambassador to Barbados
Incumbent
Assumed office February 1, 2016
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Preceded by	Larry Leon Palmer
Special Representative to the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
Incumbent
Assumed office February 1, 2016
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Preceded by	Larry Leon Palmer
Personal details
Born	October 22, 1949
Alma mater	State University of New York, Oneonta Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Early life and education

Taglialatela was born Linda Swartz to Anne and Leon E. Swartz, a veteran and I.B.M. employee. She grew up in Broome County, New York. In 1967 she graduated from Vestal High School.[3] She completed her undergraduate studies in 1971 at the State University of New York at Oneonta, where she was awarded a B.A. in Economics. She earned her M.B.A. from Virginia Tech.

Career

Taglialatela began a career in the public sector in 1973 as a management analyst at the Government Accountability Office. She joined the Foreign Service in 1979. As part of her assignment in the Office of the Inspector General, she inspected dozens of embassies and consulates.[4]

In 1987 Taglialatela accepted an assignment at the embassy in Bern, Switzerland. Two years later she returned to Washington, D.C. to join the Office of Resource Management and Organization Analysis. In 2002 she became Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Human Resources.[5]

In 2016 she began her role as Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.[6] By March 2016 she had begun touring her region and presenting her credentials.[7]

See also

• List of current ambassadors of the United States

References

1. Linda S. Taglialatela, Chief of the U.S. Mission to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean and the OECS Archived 2015-10-05 at the Wayback Machine U.S. Embassy, accessed March 7, 2016
2. SUNY Broome alumna becomes U.S. ambassador SUNY News, February 16, 2016
3. Linda Swartz Taglialatela '71 is to be sworn in as Ambassador SUNY Oneonta, accessed March 7, 2016
4. SUNY Broome alumna becomes U.S. ambassador SUNY Broome, February 16, 2016
5. U.S. Ambassador to Barbados: Who Is Linda Swartz Taglialatela? ALLGOV, November 14, 2015
6. Vestal Native To Be Sworn In As U.S. Ambassador January 13, 2016
7. New US ambassador upbeat about US-Caribbean relations Archived 2016-03-08 at the Wayback Machine I Am Caribbean News February 22, 2016