Wanda Nesbitt

Wanda Letitia Nesbitt (born December 7, 1956) is a United States diplomat. A career Foreign Service officer, she has been appointed U.S Ambassador to several countries. From November 2013 to October 2017, she served as senior vice president of the National Defense University.

Education
Nesbitt is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended the Philadelphia High School for Girls. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in international relations and French. She also attended the National War College.

Career
From January 2002 to August 2004, Nesbitt was the United States Ambassador to Madagascar, the United States Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire from 2007-2010 and she was appointed United States Ambassador to Namibia on September 24, 2010.

She was succeeded as US Ambassador to Namibia by Thomas F. Daughton, who was sworn in on October 6, 2014.