Mary Kirtley Waters

Mary Kirtley Waters
UNIC Washington Director
Born1958 (age 6667)
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Illinois (BA)
Antonin Scalia Law School (JD)
OccupationDirector, UN Information Centre

Mary Kirtley Waters (born 1958) was the Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Washington, D.C. She served as Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs at the U.S. Department of State from 2017 to 2018 in the first Trump Administration.

Waters was a cabinet confirmation team leader for the first presidential transition of Donald Trump. She has served as president of the North American Millers' Association, vice president for corporate relations with the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, and assistant secretary for congressional relations at the United States Department of Agriculture.

She spent 15 years in the private sector as senior director and legislative counsel at ConAgra.

Mary Kirtley Waters
31st Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs
In office
December 20, 2017  August 31, 2018
Preceded byJulia Frifield
Succeeded byMary Elizabeth Taylor
Personal details
Born1958