UMaine Alumnae Nominated for Republic of Gambia Ambassadorship

President Barack Obama has nominated University of Maine alumnae Pamela Ann White, a Career Minister with the Senior Foreign Service, to be the State Department’s U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia.

White, who received a B.A. in Journalism at UMaine in 1971, has served since 2008 as the USAID Mission Director in Liberia. She also served as mission director in Mali and Tanzania. White has served in a variety of overseas posts as the executive officer, including Senegal, Haiti, Egypt and South Africa.~

Before becoming an executive officer, she was the community liaison officer in Burkina Faso. In Washington, she was named USAID Chief of Recruitment and Personnel Planning. She also served in the Bureaus of Global Affairs and Africa. White started her foreign service career as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon in 1971. She also received an M.A. from the School for International Training and an M.S. from the Industrial College of Armed Forces.

The University of Maine Alumni Association honored White with its Humanitarian Award in 2007.