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“Pamela Quanrud has assumed the position of Deputy Chief of Mission of the American Embassy in Warsaw effective April 28,” Ambassador Ashe announced today. She succeeds Ken Hillas and Mary Curtin. “Pam Quanrud brings extensive experience in the American foreign service and I am delighted she is here. She will be an effective and able DCM,” Ashe said.
Pamela Quanrud joined the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw as Deputy Chief of Mission on April 28, 2008. Prior to her assignment in Poland, Ms. Quanrud served as Economic Minister Counselor in Moscow, Russia from 2004 - 2007, which followed by a decade her first tour in Moscow in the mid-1990's. From 2001 to 2003, Ms. Quanrud served as a Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council, with responsibility for U.S. - EU relations. Her earlier assignments include the U.S. Mission to the UN (from 1997 to 1999), and Embassy Bonn at the time of German unification. Ms. Quanrud brings with her an extensive background in trade and finance, countries in transition, and Eastern European and Soviet studies. She has a Bachelor's Degree from Dartmouth College and a Masters Degree from the London School of Economics. She is married and has two children. | 
