US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-American diplomat Rachna Sachdeva Korhonen as his envoy to Mali, the White House has mentioned, the third such nomination of an Indian-American in over a month.
A profession member of the US Foreign Service, Korhonen at present serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary and the Executive Director of the mixed Executive Offices of the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.
She beforehand was the Consul General and Principal Officer of the US Consulate in Dharan, Saudi Arabia, the White House mentioned in a press release on Friday. She additionally led the Management Section of the US Embassy in Colombo, and, in Washington, she served as a Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Management.
Among her different assignments, Korhonen was the Supervisory General Services Officer and Senior Human Resources Officer on the US Embassy in Riyadh, and the Political Chief of the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kirkuk, Iraq.
She additionally had assignments on the US Embassy in Kuwait and the US Consulate General in Mumbai, the White House mentioned.
Korhonen accomplished her undergraduate diploma in Computer Science and Mathematics and labored within the company sector for AT&T, IBM in addition to web startup Zed earlier than becoming a member of the State Department. She is from Flemington, New Jersey, in line with her profile on the US State Department’s web site.
Last month, President Biden introduced his intent to appoint Indian-origin diplomat Puneet Talwar as America’s ambassador to Morocco and Indian-origin political activist Shefali Razdan Duggal as his envoy to the Netherlands.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”