Cynthia Grissom Efird (born in Detroit, Michigan) is the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Angola. She was appointed to the position by President George W. Bush in 2004. Nickname: Motor City; Motown, D-Town, The D, The Renaissance City, Detroit Rock City, The Rock City, The 313 Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Location in Wayne County, Michigan Coordinates: Country State County United States Michigan Wayne... This is a list of ambassadors from the United States. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American businessman and politician, was elected in 2000 as the 43rd President of the United States of America, re-elected in 2004, and is currently serving his second term in that office. ...

Education

Efird went to the private Cranbrook Kingswood School, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and masters degrees from Duke University and the National War College of the National Defense University. This article is about the private Pre K-12 school in the United States; For alternate uses, including other Cranbrook Schools, see Cranbrook (disambiguation). ... A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. ... The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (known as the SFS for short) is a school within Georgetown University in Washington, DC in the United States. ... Georgetown University is a private university in the United States, located in Georgetown, a neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is both the oldest Roman Catholic and oldest Jesuit university in the United States, having been founded on January 23, 1789 by Archbishop John Carroll. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, US. The school, which officially became Duke University in 1924, traces its institutional roots to 1838. ... The National War College (NWC) of the United States is a school in the National Defense University. ... For more than 25 years, the National Defense University (NDU)[1]has been the premier center for Joint Professional Military Education. ...

Career

Efird joined the United States Foreign Service in 1977. She served with the US embassies in Yugoslavia (1978-1982), the East Germany (1983-1985), and Mozambique (1988-1989). From 1989 until 1993 she was press officer for both the U.S. embassy and the U.S. Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and volunteered to serve the United Nations peacekeeping forces in Somalia. In 1997 she was appointed Deputy Counselor for Public Affairs in the US embassy in Moscow, Russia until 2000 when she returned to the OSCE to oversee the media sector in Kosovo on behalf of the UN. She has also been Special Adviser to the Associate United States Trade Representative and immediately before her appointment as Ambassador to Angola, she was director of public affairs for the Bureau of African Affairs at the United States Department of State. The United States Foreign Service is an essential part of the United States foriegn policy infrastructure established under the Rogers Act of 1924. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all South Slavic languages, Југославија in Serbian and Macedonian Cyrillic) is a term used for the three separate political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ... GDR redirects here. ... A press secretary is a senior advisor (usually to a politician) who provides advice on how to deal with the media and, using news management techniques, helps them to maintain a positive public image and avoid negative media coverage. ... The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is an international organization for security. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... For other uses of the name Kosovo, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ... The Office of the United States Trade Representative, or USTR, is an arm of the executive branch of the United States government. ... The State Department did not create a Bureau of African Affairs until 1958. ... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States Government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ...

References

• US Department of State: Cynthia G. Efird