Jennifer Zimdahl Galt

Jennifer Galt
Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Acting
In office November 13, 2017 – March 29, 2018
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Mark Taplin
Succeeded by	Marie Royce
United States Ambassador to Mongolia
In office October 5, 2015 – November 10, 2017
President	Barack Obama Donald Trump
Preceded by	Piper Campbell
Succeeded by	Michael S. Klecheski
Personal details
Born	1959 (age 64–65)
Alma mater	Colorado College Johns Hopkins University National Defense University

Jennifer Ann Zimdahl Galt (born 1959) is a U.S. diplomat currently serving as the Foreign Policy Advisor to the United States Indo-Pacific Command. Galt was the United States Ambassador to Mongolia from 2015 to 2017.

On May 6, 2015, President Barack Obama nominated Jennifer Zimdahl Galt to be Ambassador of the United States of America to Mongolia. She was confirmed by the Senate on August 5, 2015, and was sworn in on September 15, 2015.

Ambassador Galt, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, formerly served as Principal Officer of the U.S. Consulate General, Guangzhou, China, where she led and mentored a team of nearly 500, comprising 133 American officers, of whom 62 were first- and second-tour, and over 300 locally engaged Chinese colleagues.

Ambassador Galt's previous postings overseas have included Belgrade, Taipei with the American Institute in Taiwan, Consulate General in Mumbai, Embassy in Beijing, Consulate General in Shanghai, and the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Brussels. In Washington, Ambassador Galt served as Senior Advisor in the United States Department of State’s Bureau of Public Affairs and as Deputy Director for Public Diplomacy in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs.

Ambassador Galt holds master's degrees from National Defense University and from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), as well as a bachelor's degree in political science, history and languages from Colorado College in her home state of Colorado. She is fluent in Mandarin and French, and also speaks Italian, Spanish and Serbian. She has two children, Phoebe and Dylan Galt and a husband, Fritz Galt.

See also

• List of ambassadors of the United States