Draft:Stephanie A. Miley

Stephanie A. Miley is an American diplomat who is the nominee to serve as the United States ambassador to the Gambia.

Education
Miley received a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Master of Arts from Stanford University, and a Master of Science from the National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington D.C.

Career
Miley is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of minister-counselor. She was a senior advisor in the Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment of the U.S. Department of State. Before that, Miley served as deputy chief of mission and, for two and a half years, as chargé d'affaires, ad interim of the U.S. embassy in Rabat, Morocco. Earlier in her career Miley held assignments as the minister counselor for economic affairs at the U.S. Embassy Mexico City, Mexico; as a senior advisor in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs in the U.S. Department of State; and as political advisor to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, North Atlantic Treaty Organization. She also worked as the director of policy and regional affairs in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, as director of Office of Iraq and Afghanistan Affairs at the National Security Council, and as a Provincial Reconstruction Team Leader in Tikrit, Iraq. She served as deputy chief of mission of the U.S. embassy in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Nomination as U.S. ambassador to the Gambia
On July 11, 2024, President Joe Biden nominated Miley to serve as the next United States ambassador to the Gambia. Her nomination is pending before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.