Education
Stanford University; University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
Stanford University; University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
Prior to his retirement, he served as the United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan from August 30, 2004 to October 7, 2008, and as the United States Ambassador to Armenia from November 2001 to August 2004. Following his retirement, the United States Department of State tapped Mr. Ordway to serve as interim Chargé d"Affaires at five United States embassies: Kathmandu, Nepal (December 2009 – January 2010), Sofia, Bulgaria (August 2009 – November 2009), Vienna, Austria(May 2009 – July 2009), Prague, Czechoslovakian Republic (May 2010 – August 2010), and Astana, Kazakhstan (January 2011 – July 2011, and again from October 2013 - December 2014).
Mr.
Ordway’s distinguished career with the Foreign Service began in 1975. He has an extensive background in Soviet and Russian affairs, as well as experience in European security affairs, conflict resolution, and peacekeeping operations. Prior becoming a Senior Foreign Service officer, Mr.
Ordway served abroad at the United States. Embassies in Prague (1978–1981), Moscow (1985-1987), and in Brussels at the United States. Mission to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1993–1995).
He was in Moscow from 1996 to 2001, serving the last two years as Deputy Chief of Mission. While in Moscow, he also was chairman of Anglo-American School Board during the successful construction of a new 1200-student facility.
In Washington, Mr. Ordway worked in the State Department’s Press Office, the Office of Southern African Affairs, and twice in the Office of Soviet Union Affairs.
He served twice as Director of African Affairs for the National Security Council (National Security Council). At the National Security Council, he was deeply involved in the decision-making process in 1992–1993 that led to American military participation in efforts to overcome starvation in Somalia.
Ordway graduated from Stanford University in 1972 and the University of California"s Hastings College of Law in 1975. He speaks Russian, French, Italian, Czechoslovakian, Kazakh, and Armenian.
