Lynne Platt has just arrived as the new US Consul General in Vancouver. A three-year appointment. Perhaps obsessive Brock researchers can dig out detail on her earlier posting to … Baghdad.
http://vancouver.usconsulate.gov/news-events/2014-news-and-events/amb_pao_yukon.html
Previous postings: London, Haiti; that’s all I could find right at the moment. And a fluffy feel-good piece about her getting married a few years ago for the second time.
https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=109686761&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=IDK9&locale=en_US&srchid=2070544491410831282299&srchindex=7&srchtotal=12&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A2070544491410831282299%2CVSRPtargetId%3A109686761%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary
Lynne Platt
Transit and Principal Officer Training at U.S. Department of State
US Military Posts in EuropeInternational Affairs
Current
U.S. Department of State
Previous
U.S. Department of State, US Embassy Port-au-Prince, U.S. Embassy Baghdad
Summary
Specialties:Strategic communications, media relations, international relations, management of diverse multi-agency teams, effective oversight and implementation of U.S. foreign aid programs, projects and budgets, strategic planning.
Experience
U.S. Department of StateTransit and Principal Officer Training
U.S. Department of State
June 2014 – Present (4 months)Washington D.C. Metro Area
Senior Foreign Service Officer
U.S. Department of State
1994 – Present (20 years)
U.S. Department of StatePress Counselor, U.S. Embassy London
U.S. Department of State
September 2011 – June 2014 (2 years 10 months)London, United Kingdom
Counselor, Law Enforcement, Security and Counternarcotics Affairs
US Embassy Port-au-Prince
October 2009 – August 2011 (1 year 11 months)
Dep Dir, Office of Provincial Affairs
U.S. Embassy Baghdad
October 2008 – October 2009 (1 year 1 month)
Press Attache
U.S. Embassy Paris
August 2004 – September 2008 (4 years 2 months)
Press Attache
U.S. Mission to NATO
February 2001 – July 2004 (3 years 6 months)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/charles-jud-hamblett-marries-lynne-platt/2011/03/30/AFsE2y1C_story.html
Is she a trouble shooter placed in Canada to deal with problems? Because I would think you have to be very diplomatic to work in Bagdad.
Maybe we should have something like a tea party , only we run her out of Canada.