Background
Efird, Cynthia Grissom was born in 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
academic administrator ambassador
Efird, Cynthia Grissom was born in 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Joined Foreign Service United States Department State, 1977, vice consul United States Embassy Yugoslavia, 1978—1982, embassy official East Germany, 1983—1985, Mozambique, 1988—1989, press officer, delegate Conference on Security & Cooperation in Europe Austria, 1989—1993, United States Liaison Mission to UNOSOM (United Nations Operation in Somalia), 1993—1995, deputy counselor public affairs Moscow, 1997—2000, detailed to United Nations Mission in Kosovo to oversee Organization Cooperation & Security in Europe, 2000—2002. Special advisory to associate United States Trade Republican Executive Office of the President, Washington, 2002. Director public affairs, Bureau African Affairs United States Department State, 2002—2004, United States ambassador to Angola Luanda, 2004—2007.
Deputy commandant for international affairs United States Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, since 2007.
Married; 1 child.