Nicole D. Theriot

Nicole D. Theriot is an American diplomat who is the nominee to be the next US Ambassador to Guyana.

Nicole D. Theriot
Theriot in 2022

Early life and education

Theriot holds a B.A. degree from Louisiana State University and a Master’s degree in International Relations from Vanderbilt University.[1]

Career

Theriot is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Counselor. Currently, she serves as the Principal Officer in Karachi, Pakistan. She has also served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Theriot served as Immigration and Visa Security Director at the White House National Security Council. Before this, she served as a Senior Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Overseas Citizens Services in the Bureau of Consular Affairs. Theriot also served as Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, along with Principal Officer in Casablanca, Morocco as well as the Bureau of Consular Affairs’ Supervisory Regional Consular Officer in Frankfurt, Germany. Other overseas assignments include Internal Politics Chief in Islamabad, Pakistan; Consul General in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean; Deputy Consular Chief in Baghdad, Iraq; Non-immigrant Visa Chief in Montreal, Canada; Consular Officer in Paris, France; and Information Officer in Lagos, Nigeria.[1]

Nominee as Ambassador to Guyana

On September 7, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Theriot to be the next ambassador to Guyana.[1] On September 12, 2022, her nomination was sent to the Senate.[2] Her nomination was not acted upon for the rest of the year and was returned to Biden on January 3, 2023.[3]

President Biden renominated Theriot the next day. Hearings on her nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on March 30, 2023. Her nomination is pending before the committee.[4]

Awards and recognitions

Theriot has won numerous State Department performance awards, including a Senior Foreign Service Performance award.[1]

Personal life

A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Theriot speaks French and Urdu.[1]

References
  1. "President Biden Announces Key Nominees". The White House. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  2. "Nominations Sent to the Senate". The White House. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  3. "PN2635 - Nomination of Nicole D. Theriot for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  4. "PN54 — Nicole D. Theriot — Department of State 118th Congress (2023-2024)". US Congress. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
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