Education
University of Chicago.
University of Chicago.
He previously served as ambassador to Benin from 2009 to 2012. He speaks French and Portuguese. He was formerly the State Department"s Director of the Office of East African Affairs after serving as Team Leader of the Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (see the Ninawa campaign), based in Mosul, Iraq.
Before Iraq, he was Deputy Chief of Mission (Distinguished Conduct Medal) for the United States. Mission to Angola as well as the Distinguished Conduct Medal for Embassy Praia in Cape Verde.
Earlier experience includes assignments to the embassies in Ethiopia. Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Banjul, the Gambia. And Lagos, Nigeria. Before the Foreign Service Knight worked as an economic development specialist for the United States. Agency for International Development in Niger and as a software developer for the private sector.
Knight holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Chicago, and was awarded the Bronze Star for his service as an infantry officer in the Vietnam War.
Knight is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service.
