Armenia will be starting 2019 with a new United States ambassador after the senate on Wednesday confirmed Lynne Tracy to the posting, reported the Armenian National Committee of America.

"Like so many others, I was heartened to see a peaceful transition of power.  Armenia still has work ahead, however, to cement the gains of the past six months," U.S. Ambassadorial to Armenia Lynne M. Tracy noted during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing a couple of weeks ago.

 

Previously, Ms. Tracy  served as Senior Advisor for Russia Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs at the Department of State, Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, and Principal Officer at the U.S. Embassy Branch Office in Astana, Kazakhstan. Additionally, Ms. Tracy served as the Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, where she was awarded the Secretary’s Award for Heroism. She is the recipient of the State Department’s Distinguished Honor Award. Ms. Tracy earned her B.A. from the University of Georgia and J.D. from the University of Akron. She speaks Russian.