List of ambassadors of the United States to Dominica

The United States ambassador to Dominica is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Dominica. The title of the ambassador is United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean and is concurrently the ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Ambassador of the United States to Dominica
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Roger F. Nyhus since February 26, 2024
Nominator	The President of the United States
Appointer	The President with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder	Sally Angela Shelton as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation	July 18, 1979
Website	U.S. Embassy - Bridgetown

No mission has ever been established at Roseau. All diplomatic functions are handled out of the U.S. Embassy at Bridgetown, Barbados.

List of U.S. ambassadors to Dominica

The following is a list of U.S. ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Dominica. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

Representative	Title	Presentation of credentials	Termination of mission	Appointed by
Sally Angela Shelton[1]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 18, 1979	February 24, 1981	Jimmy Carter
Milan D. Bish[2]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 18, 1981	March 4, 1984	Ronald Reagan
Thomas H. Anderson, Jr.[3]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 1, 1984	March 12, 1986
Paul A. Russo[3]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 1986	June 25, 1988
John E. Clark	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	June 1988	November 1990
G. Philip Hughes[4]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 19, 1990	June 17, 1993	George H. W. Bush
Jeanette W. Hyde[4][5]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	April 21, 1994	January 31, 1998	Bill Clinton
E. William Crotty[6]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 22, 1998[7]	October 10, 1999[8]
James A. Daley[6]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 23, 2000	March 1, 2001
Earl Norfleet Phillips[6]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	May 9, 2002	June 1, 2003	George W. Bush
Mary Kramer[6]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	March 3, 2004	October 30, 2006
Mary Martin Ourisman[6]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	January 24, 2007	January 16, 2009
Brent Hardt[6]	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	January 16, 2009	June 19, 2011[9]	[10]
Christopher Sandrolini[6]	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	June 19, 2011	May 22, 2012[9]
Larry Leon Palmer	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	May 30, 2012[11]	January 19, 2016	Barack Obama
Linda Swartz Taglialatela	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	March 2, 2016	December 27, 2023
Joaquin F. Monserrate	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	December 28, 2023	January 11, 2024	Joe Biden
Roger F. Nyhus	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 26, 2024	Incumbent	Joe Biden

See also

• Dominica – United States relations
• Foreign relations of Dominica
• Ambassadors of the United States

References

1. Also accredited to Barbados and Grenada; Minister to St. Lucia, and Special Representative to Antigua; St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla; and St. Vincent. Resident at Bridgetown.
2. Also accredited to Barbados; Antigua and Barbuda; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
3. Also accredited to Barbados; Antigua and Barbuda; St. Christopher and Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
4. Also accredited to Barbados; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
5. Appointed Ambassador to Grenada; Antigua and Barbuda; and St. Kitts and Nevis, March 4, 1995.
6. Also accredited to Barbados; Antigua and Barbuda; Grenada; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
7. Date of appointment. Crotty did not present credentials in Dominica.
8. Died at Gainesville, Florida on this date.
9. "Chargé d'Affaires". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
10. Chargés d’Affaires a.i. are not appointed by the President.
11. Embassy of the United States - Barbados & E. Caribbean (2012), Congress Confirms Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, U.S. Department of State, archived from the original on May 9, 2012, retrieved May 21, 2012.

• "U.S. Diplomatic chiefs of mission to Dominica". The Political Graveyard. March 10, 2005. Retrieved September 7, 2007.
• United States Department of State: Background notes on Dominica
•  This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.

External links

• United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Dominica
• United States Department of State: Dominica
• United States Embassy in Bridgetown