Background
Holmes, Genta Hawkins was born on September 3, 1940 in Anadarko, Oklahoma, United States.
Holmes, Genta Hawkins was born on September 3, 1940 in Anadarko, Oklahoma, United States.
Bachelor, University of Southern California, 1962.
Junior officer, United States Embassy, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 1964-1966; with office special assistance to, Secretary of State for Refugee Affairs, 1966-1968; special assistant, youth officer, United States Embassy, Paris, 1968-1971; with New York regional office, Office of Economic Opportunity, 1972-1973; with office development finance, economics bureau, unites states department State, 1973-1974; chief economics and commercial section, United States Embassy, Bahamas, 1974-1977; congressional fellow, American Political Science Association, 1977-1978; with bureau congressional relations, unites states department State, 1978-1979; assistant administrator legislation affairs, Agency for International Development, 1979-1982; member, 25th Executive Seminar in National and International Affairs, 1982-1983; member board examiners, 1983-1984; deputy chief of mission, United States Embassy, Lilongwe, Malawi, 1984-1986; deputy chief of mission, United States Embassy, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1986-1988; deputy chief of mission, United States Embassy, Pretoria, South Africa, 1988-1990; United States ambassador to Namibia, 1990-1992; director general foreign service, director personnel, unites states department State, Washington, 1992-1995; diplomat in residence, University of California, Davis, 1995-1997; United States ambassador to Australia, since 1997.