Background
Jones, A. Elizabeth was born on May 6, 1948 in Munich, Germany. Daughter of William Charles Jones and Sara Demarest (Ferris).
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A. Elizabeth Jones
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Education
Bachelor in history, Swarthmore College, 1970. Studied Arabic, in Beirut, Tunis and Cairo, 1975—1977. In International Relations, Boston University, 1986.
Career
Joined Foreign Service, 1970. Foreign service post Kabul, Afghanistan, 1971—1972. Public affairs officer Near East and South Asia Bureau, 1972—1973.
Political officer Cairo, 1973—1975, Amman, Jordan, 1977—1979. Deputy principal officer United States Interests Section, Baghdad, Iraq, 1979—1980. Deputy chief mission Islamabad, Pakistan, 1988—1992.
Lebanon desk officer, 1981—1983. Deputy director for Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq, 1983—1984. Head, economic & commercial section United States Mission, West Berlin, 1985—1988.
Deputy chief mission United States Embassy, Bonn, Germany, 1992—1993. Executive assistant to secretary United States Department State, Washington, 1993—1994, United States ambassador, 1995—1998, principal, deputy assistant secretary, Bureau Near Eastern Affairs Washington, 1998—2000. Senior advisor Caspian Basin Energy Diplomacy, 2000—2001.
Assistant secretary, European & Eurasian affairs United States Department State, Washington, 2001—2005. Executive vice president Associated Public-Safety Communications Officers Worldwide, since 2005. Board directors AE Jones LLC, since 2005.
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Married Thomas Anthony Homan, 1977 (divorced). Married Donald Andrew Ruschman, 2000. 2 children.
