Meet Ambassador Dan Foote at IIB’s “Meet the Ambassador” Lecture Series

Curious how American foreign policy decisions play out in real life?

Want to learn more about how things that happen outside of our borders
impact us here in Western New York?

Is being an ambassador for the United States accurately portrayed
on the television show, The Diplomat?

Recently retired career diplomat Dan Foote was named as United States Special Envoy for Haiti in 2021, after a stint on the faculty of the Marine Corps War College. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia from 2017–2020. At the time of his ambassadorial appointment, Foote was the acting Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, where he had been Deputy Assistant Secretary.

A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, Mr. Foote has served as Coordinating Director, Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan, and Deputy Chief of Mission at both Embassy Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and Embassy Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He was Narcotics Affairs Counselor in Bogota, Colombia; Team Leader, U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team to Maysan Province, Iraq; Management Counselor in Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Management Officer, U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team to Erbil Province, Iraq. Other overseas diplomatic postings include Luxembourg, London, and Guadalajara. In Washington, he served in the Operations Center and the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs

There are no physical tickets to this event. Your name will be at the door upon check-in.