Background
Chamberlin, Wendy J. was born on October 12, 1948 in Bethesda, Maryland, United States.
ambassador think-tank executive
Chamberlin, Wendy J. was born on October 12, 1948 in Bethesda, Maryland, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1970. Master of Science in Education, Boston University, 1971. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1984.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Northwestern University.
United States Department of State
1975 - Foreign Service officer
Various offices:
Office of Israel and Arab-Israeli Affairs
Acting Director of Regional Affairs
Director of Press and Public Affairs in the Near Eastern Affairs Bureau
Special Assistant for South Asian Affairs to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs
Staff worker for Deputy Secretary of State and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs
1993 - 1996 - Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 1996 - 1999 - Ambassador to Laos (Lao People"s Democratic Republic). 1999 - July, 2001 - Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)
July 18, 2001 - June, 2002 - United States Ambassador to Pakistan.
United States Agency for International Development
December 2, 2002 - Appointed Assistant Administrator.
Served as head of the United States Agency for International Development Asia and Near East Bureau. December 22, 2003 - Ends tenure with United States Agency for International Development to move to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
December 12, 2003 - Appointed as Deputy High Commissioner on Refugees by High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers.
January 19, 2004 - Officially welcomed as Deputy High Commissioner. February 24 - June 2, 2005 - Appointed as acting High Commissioner on the retirement of Ruud Lubbers.
Served until the appointment of former Portuguese Prime Minister António Guterres.
February 25, 2005 - Called for donations and humanitarian aid to prevent suffering in South Sudan. April 1–22, 2005 - Toured refugee camps in Sudan and Chad, where women expressed their fears of returning home. She urged Sudan to protect its own citizens.
April 25, 2005 - Speaking from Geneva, she emphasized the need for funding and to bring security to the war-torn region of Darfur in Sudan.
April 16–21, 2006 - Traveled to Pakistan to view earthquake survivors and Afghan refuge camps. December 18, 2006 - Visits refugee camps in Kenya where Somalis have fled both war and flooding.
Middle East Institute
March 1, 2007 - Assumes presidency of the Middle East Institute.
2 children.