Arthur W. Brown

American diplomat

Arthur W. Brown
United States Ambassador to Ecuador
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 26, 2024
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byMichael J. Fitzpatrick
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BA)
National War College (MS)
Johns Hopkins University (MBA)

Arthur W. Brown is an American diplomat who is serving as the United States ambassador to Ecuador.

Early life and education

Brown received a Master of Business Administration degree from Johns Hopkins University, a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia, and a Master of Science degree in National Security Strategy from the National War College.[1]

Career

Brown is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor. He served as deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe from 2021. He was the USAID Mission Director at the embassy in Harare from 2020 to 2021. Before that, Brown served as the USAID Director in the Dominican Republic for four years, with almost half the tenure working with the Department of State as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo. Brown has also served as USAID Director at the U.S. Embassy in Managua, Nicaragua. Additionally, Brown served in Kabul, Afghanistan and in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo as USAID's Deputy Director. Other assignments for Brown include serving in various roles in Botswana, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Haiti, Jamaica, Barbados, and Namibia.

Before his tenure with USAID, Brown worked for Johns Hopkins University's JHPIEGO Corporation, a nonprofit organization for international health, on international maternal and child health programs. Brown also served as a Rural Community Development Extension Agent in Benin, where he was a Peace Corps Volunteer.

U.S. ambassador to Ecuador

On August 19, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Brown to be the next ambassador to Ecuador.[1] His nomination was sent to the Senate on September 6, 2022.[2] The nomination was not acted upon for the rest of the year and was returned to President Biden on January 3, 2023.[3]

President Biden renominated Brown the same day. Hearings on his nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on May 4, 2023. The committee favorably reported his nomination on June 1, 2023.[4] On May 2, 2024, his nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate via voice vote.[5] He arrived in Quito on June 18, 2024.[6]

He presented his credentials to President Daniel Noboa on June 26, 2024.[7]

Awards and recognitions

Brown is a recipient of the Franklin H. Williams award for Outstanding Community Leaders. Brown has also won numerous USAID performance awards along with the USAID Administrator's Management Improvement Award.[1]

Personal life

Brown is a resident of Pennsylvania. He speaks French and Spanish.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "President Biden Announces Key Nominees". The White House. August 19, 2022. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate". The White House. September 6, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  3. ^ "PN2491 - Nomination of Arthur W. Brown for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. September 6, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  4. ^ "PN33 — Arthur W. Brown — Department of State 118th Congress (2023-2024)". US Congress. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  5. ^ "PN1335 — Arthur W. Brown — Department of State". congress.gov. May 2, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  6. ^ @USembassyEC (June 18, 2024). "Damos la bienvenida al nuevo Embajador de los Estados Unidos en el Ecuador Arthur W. Brown. 🇺🇸 El #EmbArtBrown arribó a Quito y liderará los esfuerzos de la Misión Diplomática de los Estados Unidos en Quito y Guayaquil para colaborar con el gobierno 🇪🇨, el sector privado, las instituciones de la sociedad civil y los ciudadanos ecuatorianos. El Embajador continuará las prioridades de los Estados Unidos en el Ecuador, avanzando la democracia, promoviendo los derechos humanos, luchando a favor de la seguridad, fomentando el desarrollo económico inclusivo y la conservación del medioambiente" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ @USembassyEC (June 26, 2024). "El Embajador de los #EEUU en el #Ecuador #EmbArtBrown presentó las cartas credenciales al Presidente Daniel Noboa y se reunió con representantes de su gabinete. Durante la cita, el Embajador Brown destacó que Ecuador es un socio clave para los EE.UU. en la región y expresó su expectativa de colaborar junto al gobierno ecuatoriano para avanzar en objetivos comunes de cooperación. 🇺🇸🤝🇪🇨" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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Preceded by
Michael J. Fitzpatrick
 United States Ambassador to Ecuador
2024–present 		Incumbent
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