Earl Anthony Wayne

Earl Anthony Wayne (born 1950) is an American diplomat. Formerly Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, Ambassador to Argentina and Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan, Wayne served nearly four years as Ambassador to Mexico. He was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate in August, 2011. He departed Mexico City for Washington July 31, 2015 and retired from the State Department on September 30, 2015. Wayne attained the highest rank in the U.S. diplomatic service: Career Ambassador. He is currently a Professorial Lecturer and Distinguished Diplomat in Residence at American University's School of International Service where he teaches courses related to diplomacy and US foreign policy. Wayne was co-chair of the Board for the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars until it closed in May 2025. He now serves in a similar Board role for the Mexico program at the Inter-American Dialogue. He is a non-resident advisor at the Atlantic Council, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is on the board of the Public Diplomacy Council of America, and is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy. Wayne is an independent consultant, speaker and writer and helps with several not-for-profit professional associations. He was an adviser for HSBC Latin America on improving management of financial crime risk from 2015 until 2019 and served on the board of the American Foreign Service Association from 2017 to 2019.