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WASHINGTON
–
Today, Howard
alumna Frankie
Annette
Reed was
sworn in
as the next
United States
ambassador
to the Pacific
island nations
of Fiji,
Tonga, Kiribati,
Tuvalu and
Nauru in
a ceremony
at the U.S.
State Department.
In
August,
President
Barack Obama
tapped Reed
for the
ambassadorship.
In the post,
Reed will
be in charge
of diplomatic
relations
for the
islands.
In addition,
Reed was
recently
elevated
to the Minister-Counselor
within the
Senior Foreign
Service,
a high-level
diplomatic
rank.
“I
am honored
with my
appointment
as U.S.
Ambassador
to the Republics
of Fiji,
Nauru, Kiribati,
the Kingdom
of Tonga
and Tuvalu,”
Reed said.
“The
road to
becoming
an ambassador
is very
different
for each
individual.
However,
none of
us accomplishes
this alone.”
Reed
credited
the leadership
principles
she learned
from journalism
professors
during her
student
days in
the School
of Communications.
She also
said her
tenure as
editor-in-chief
of The Hilltop
gave her
the management
background
and public
diplomacy
skills that
are important
to running
an embassy.
Reed
earned a
bachelor’s
in journalism
from Howard
in 1975.
She went
on to earn
a law degree
from the
University
of California,
Berkeley.
Prior to
joining
the Foreign
Service
in 1983,
she was
a Peace
Corps volunteer
and a journalist.
Reed’s
mother is
a graduate
of the School
of Social
Work and
her daughter,
Brett Calhoun,
earned a
bachelors
degree in
international
business
and is now
working
in Ghana. |
