Jean Elizabeth Manes
Jean Elizabeth Manes | |
|---|---|
| United States Ambassador to El Salvador | |
| Assumed office December 9, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Mari Carmen Aponte |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Liberty University American University |
Jean Elizabeth Manes is an American diplomat and is United States Ambassador to El Salvador. Manes was nominated by President Barack Obama on October 21, 2015 and confirmed by the Senate on December 9, 2015.[1]
Early life and education
Manes is a native of Pompano Beach, Florida. Her parents, Roger and Betty Manes, built a family business.[2] Manes attended Highlands Christian Academy through high school, graduating in 1988.[3] She attended Liberty University as an undergraduate, where she played volleyball and coached the men’s club volleyball team. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Policy there in 1992.[4]
Career
Manes began her career in Washington, D.C. She accepted an internship with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chaired by Claiborne Pell, and worked for the U.S. Information Agency in Washington, D.C. from 1992 to 1999. During that time she also attended American University, where she earned a Master’s in Public Administration in 1996. Her subsequent assignments in the Foreign Service included ones at U.S. embassies in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Montevideo, Uruguay; Ponta Delgada-Azores, Portugal and Brasilia, Brazil.
Manes served as Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan from 2012 to 2013, and then accepted a short assignment in Ft. Lauderdale as Deputy Director of the State Department’s Florida Regional Center.
When President Barack Obama nominated her to become U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, she was serving as Principal Deputy Coordinator at the Bureau of International Information Programs. She was confirmed by the Senate in December 2015.[5]
Personal
Manes is married to Héctor R. Cerpa, from Salto, Uruguay, and they have two daughters. In addition to English, Manes speaks Spanish and Portuguese. She is of German and Native American (Choctaw) descent.[6]
References
- ^ Jean Elizabeth ManesAmbassador of the United States of America to the Republic of El Salvador U.S. Embassy, El Salvador, accessed May 5, 2016
- ^ Manes testimony U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, December 1, 2015
- ^ HCA Congratulates Graduate Jean Manes (Class Of 1988), Named As U. S. Ambassador To The Republic Of El Salvador HCA, January 29, 2016
- ^ Manes, Jean Elizabeth - Republic of El Salvador - November 2015 U.S. Department of State, November 2015
- ^ Senate confirms bevy of U.S. ambassadors The Washington Examiner, December 9, 2015
- ^ Remarks by Ambassador Jean Manes- Swearing In Ceremony, Washington DC. Embassy of the U.S. El Salvador, March 17, 2016