Alaina B. Teplitz
Alaina Teplitz | |
|---|---|
| Assistant Secretary of State for Administration | |
| In office December 6, 2021 – January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Carrie Cabelka |
| Succeeded by | Mark Biedlingmaier (acting) |
| United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives | |
| In office November 1, 2018 – December 6, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Atul Keshap |
| Succeeded by | Julie J. Chung |
| United States Ambassador to Nepal | |
| In office October 7, 2015 – August 8, 2018 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Peter W. Bodde |
| Succeeded by | Randy W. Berry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1969 (age 55–56) |
| Education | Georgetown University (BS) Indiana University, Bloomington (MPA) |
Alaina B. Teplitz (born 1969) is an American diplomat who had served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Administration. She served as U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives from 2018 to 2021 and U.S. Ambassador to Nepal from 2015 to 2018. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Career Minister, she joined the State Department in 1991 and is the recipient of numerous Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards.