AMBASSADOR

Deputy Chief of Mission

Ms. Lisa Piascik

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Lisa Piascik has been Deputy Chief of Mission at Embassy Abuja since September 2007.

Ms. Piascik joined the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service in 1981.  She was most recently Consul General in Warsaw, Poland.  Her Foreign Service assignments have included tours as Deputy Chief of Mission in Baku, Azerbaijan; Principal Officer in Cebu, Philippines, and consular assignments in Damascus, Syria; Sanaa, Yemen Arab Republic and Beirut, Lebanon.  In Washington, Ms. Piascik has served in the Bureau of Consular Affairs Visa Office as Director of Public and Diplomatic Liaison and as the Deputy Director/European Division Chief in the Office of Citizen Services; in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research as Staff Director of the Current Intelligence Staff, and in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs as a staff assistant and as Iran desk officer.

Ms. Piascik was born in Delaware and graduated from The George Washington University with a Bachelor's degree in International Affairs and from the National Defense University with a Master's degree in National Security Studies.

SPEECHES

• The Charge d’Affair, Lisa Piascik's Remarks titled "USA and Africa Relations" at the National Defense College, Abuja (January 8, 2008)
• The Charge d’Affair, Lisa Piascik's Opening Ceremony Remarks at The U.S.-Nigeria Trade and Investment Framework Agreement - 5th Council Meeting and AGOA Workshop, Abuja (December 11, 2007)
• Lisa Piascik, Charge’ d’Affaires' Remarks at The Book Donation Ceremony at Fou’ad Lababidi Islamic Academy, Abuja (December 12, 2007)
• Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., Lisa Piascik Remarks at The Opening of the College and Career Fair 2007 (October 25, 2007)