US Embassy names Meg Whitman’s temporary replacement
US Embassy names Meg Whitman’s temporary replacement
Marc Dillard named as Meg Whitman’s temporary replacement to the US Embassy in Kenya.
President Joe Biden’s administration has appointed Marc Dillard as the Ambassador of the United States to Kenya on an acting basis until a favourable replacement is announced.
Former US Ambassador to Kenya, Meg Whitman in a brief statement on Saturday, November 23, announced that the US embassy in Kenya would henceforth be under the leadership of Dillard until another ambassador is appointed by the incoming American President Donald Trump.
“It has been an honour to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to Kenya for the past two years. As I depart, please join me in welcoming career diplomat Marc Dillard who will lead the embassy as Chargé d’Affaires,” Meg Whitman announced.
As a member of the Senior Foreign Service, Marc Dillard previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Nairobi from August 2022 until recently, when he was appointed to replace Meg Whitman.
Since joining the US State Department in 1998, Dillard has served in several capacities. In 2019, he was appointed Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Budapest until 2022.
Other previous postings include stints as Director of the Office of Economic Policy Analysis and Public Diplomacy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs and as Counsellor for Political and Economic Affairs in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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He has also worked in several other African countries, including Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Japan, and Korea, as a Senior Watch Officer in the State Department of Operations Center.
Dillard holds a Bachelor’s Degree in history from Duke University in the US and a doctorate in political economy and public policy from the University of Southern California.
Before joining the US State Department, Dillard served as a consultant in the private sector, taught economics at the university level, and received multiple State Department Superior and Meritorious Honour Awards.
Ambassador Dillard is married to Julia Dillard, a Foreign Service Officer, and together, the couple have two children.
On November 13, Meg Whitman formally announced her resignation from the ambassadorial role. Whitman, while announcing her resignation, revealed that she had already submitted her resignation letter to US President Joe Biden.
Whitman went ahead to term her role as the US ambassador as an “honour and privilege” and that under her service, the United States was able to strengthen its partnership with Kenya.
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