Jessica Lapenn
Jessica Lapenn | |
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| United States Ambassador to the African Union and U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa | |
| In office October 14, 2019 – February 1, 2023 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Mary Beth Leonard |
| Succeeded by | Stephanie S. Sullivan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jessica Erin Lapenn |
| Alma mater | Harvard College (BA) Cambridge University |
| Nickname | Jessye |
Jessica "Jessye" Lapenn is an American career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, who was sworn in as the U.S. Ambassador to the African Union and the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa on August 27, 2019. Immediately prior, Lapenn served as the Chargé d'Affaires at U.S. Mission in South Africa from 2016 to 2019.
Born and raised in New York City, Lapenn earned a BA in Women's Studies from Harvard College and an MPhil in International Development from Cambridge University.
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