AMBASSADOR

Robin Renee Sanders
U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria

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Robin Renee Sanders, a career member of the senior Foreign Service, was sworn in as Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria on November 19, 2007.  Most recently, she served as the International Advisor and Deputy Commandant of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington, D.C.  Prior to this position, she served as Ambassador to the Republic of Congo (2002-2005), and as Director for Public Diplomacy for Africa for the State Department (2000-2002).  She served twice as the Director for Africa at the National Security Council at the White House; was the Special Assistant for Latin America, Africa, and International Crime for the Undersecretary for Political Affairs at the State Department (1996-1997); and served as a State Department fellow in the position of Chief of Staff and Senior Foreign Policy Advisor for a member of the House International Relations Committee (1994-1996). Ambassador Sanders holds a Master of Art degree in International Relations and Africa Studies, and a Masters of Science degree in Communications and Journalism from Ohio University. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Hampton University, and has completed one year of a doctoral program.

Ambassador Sanders is the recipient of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Civilian Honor Award; three State Department Superior Honor Awards; four State Department Meritorious Honor Awards, the “President Merit of Honor Award” from the Republic of Congo, and several citations in Who’s Who of America and Who’s Who of American Women in Politics.

She is a national board member of Operation Hope - a non-profit organization focused on working in at risk communities in the areas of economic education and empowerment and development.