Background
Yates, Mary Carlin was born in 1946 in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Yates, Mary Carlin was born in 1946 in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Bachelor in English, Oregon State University, 1968. Master of Arts in Comparative East-West Humanities, New York University. Doctor in English (honorary), Oregon State University, 2007.
Joined foreign service, 1981—1985, United States Embassy Seoul and Kwangio South Korea, Public Affairs. Public affairs counselor United States Embassy, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1991—1995. Press attaché for Ambassador Pamela Harriman then senior cultural attaché United States Department State, Paris, 1995—1999, United States ambassador to Burundi Bujumbura, 1999—2002, United States ambassador to Ghana Accra, 2002—2005.
Political advisory to the Commander United States European Command (EUCOM), Stuttgart, Germany, 2005—2007. Deputy to Commander for civil-military activities (DCMA) United States African Command (USAFRICOM), Germany, 2007—2009. Special assistant to President, senior advisory for strategic planning, National Security Council, Washington, since 2009.
Married John Melvin Yates, January 30, 1988. Stepchildren: Catherine, John, Maureen, Paul, Leon.