The United States Embassy is located in Trinidad and Tobago's capital, Port of Spain, and was established there on August 31, 1962.
List of ambassadors
Name Background Title Appointment Presentation of credentials Termination of mission Notes William H. Christensen Non-career appointee Chargé d'Affaires ad interim August 31, 1962 August 31, 1962 December 1, 1962 Robert Graham Miner Foreign Service officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 23, 1962 December 1, 1962 Left post September 18, 1967 William A. Costello Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 13, 1967 October 26, 1967 Left post March 17, 1969 J. Fife Symington Jr. Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 8, 1969 September 11, 1969 Left post November 14, 1971 Anthony D. Marshall Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 15, 1972 February 22, 1972 Left post December 27, 1973An earlier nomination of December 7, 1971 was not acted upon by the Senate. Lloyd I. Miller Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 19, 1973 February 8, 1974 Left post May 23, 1975 Albert B. Fay Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 4, 1976 February 17, 1976 Left post April 5, 1977 Richard K. Fox, Jr. Foreign Service officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 8, 1977 July 21, 1977 Left post July 16, 1979 Irving G. Cheslaw Foreign Service officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 28, 1979 October 18, 1979 Left post September 1, 1981 Melvin Herbert Evans Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 1, 1981 January 1, 1982 Died November 27, 1984 Evans left post on November 21, 1984. Sheldon J. Krys Foreign Service officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 12, 1985 August 19, 1985 Left post April 24, 1988 Charles A. Gargano Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 15, 1988 August 9, 1988 Left post June 7, 1991 Sally G. Cowal Foreign Service officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 2, 1991 August 27, 1991 Left post August 22, 1994 Brian J. Donnelly Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 5, 1994 September 5, 1994 Left post September 24, 1997 Edward E. Shumaker III Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 24, 1997 January 13, 1998 Left post March 31, 2001 Roy L. Austin Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 1, 2001 December 6, 2001 December 18, 2009 Beatrice Wilkinson Welters Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 10, 2010 May 11, 2010 Left post November 2, 2012 Margaret Diop Foreign Service officer Chargé d'Affaires ad interim July 2013 N/A April 19, 2016 John L. Estrada Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 7, 2016 April 19, 2016 Left post January 20, 2017 John W. McIntyre Foreign Service Officer Chargé d'Affaires ad interim January 20, 2017 N/A October 15, 2018 Joseph Mondello Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 2, 2018 October 22, 2018 Left post January 13, 2021 Shante Moore Foreign Service Officer Chargé d'Affaires ad interim January 13, 2021 N/A December 7, 2022 Candace Bond Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 29, 2022 December 8, 2022 January 20, 2025 Jennifer Neidhart de Ortiz Foreign Service Officer Chargé d'Affaires ad interim January 20, 2025 N/A June 8, 2026 Mike Fitzpatrick Foreign Service Officer Chargé d'Affaires ad interim June 8, 2026 N/A June 26, 2026 Philip Kern Foreign Service Officer Chargé d'Affaires ad interim June 26, 2026 N/A Present
See also Trinidad and Tobago – United States relations Foreign relations of Trinidad and Tobago Ambassadors of the United States
References
Notes
United States Department of State: Background notes on Trinidad and Tobago
External links United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Trinidad and Tobago United States Department of State: Trinidad and Tobago United States Embassy in Port of Spain