# Elizabeth Rood
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{{Short description|American diplomat}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}}
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| name = Elizabeth Rood
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| image = Elizabeth Rood, U.S. Ambassador.jpg
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| caption = Rood in 2024
| office = [United States Ambassador to Turkmenistan](/source/United_States_Ambassador_to_Turkmenistan)
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| president = [Joe Biden](/source/List_of_ambassadors_appointed_by_Joe_Biden)
[Donald Trump](/source/Donald_Trump)
| term_start = July 31, 2024
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| predecessor = [Matthew Klimow](/source/Matthew_Klimow)
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| office1 = [United States Ambassador to Russia](/source/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_States_to_Russia)
| status1 = [Chargé d'affaires](/source/Charg%C3%A9_d'affaires)
| term_start1 = September 4, 2022
| term_end1 = January 30, 2023
| president1 = [Joe Biden](/source/Joe_Biden)
| predecessor1 = [John J. Sullivan](/source/John_J._Sullivan_(diplomat))
| successor1 = [Lynne M. Tracy](/source/Lynne_M._Tracy)
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| education = [Randolph-Macon Women's College](/source/Randolph-Macon_Women's_College) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))
[University of Maryland](/source/University_of_Maryland) ([MA](/source/Master_of_Arts))
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'''Elizabeth Rood''' is an American diplomat who serves as [United States ambassador to Turkmenistan](/source/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_States_to_Turkmenistan). She had served the ''[chargé d'affaires](/source/charg%C3%A9_d'affaires)'' of the U.S. mission to Russia from 2022 to 2023.
==Early life and education==
Rood obtained a [Master of Arts](/source/Master_of_Arts) from the [University of Maryland](/source/University_of_Maryland) and a [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) from [Randolph-Macon Woman’s College](/source/Randolph-Macon_Woman%E2%80%99s_College).[{{cite web |title=President Biden Announces Key Nominees |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/03/president-biden-announces-key-nominees-28/ |website=The White House |access-date=4 August 2022 |date=3 August 2022}}][{{citation | url=https://www.state.gov/rood-elizabeth-turkmenistan-january-2023 |title= Rood, Elizabeth – Turkmenistan – January 2023 Certificate of Competency |date=23 January 2023 }}]
==Career==
[[File:100801-F-6044B-188 455th delivers aid to Pakistan.jpg|thumb|Rood is interviewed by Pakistani reporters while serving as the [consul general](/source/consul_general) in Peshawar, 2010]]
Rood joined the [United States Foreign Service](/source/United_States_Foreign_Service) in 1993, after being a teacher in [Frederick County, Maryland](/source/Frederick_County%2C_Maryland).[{{Cite web |title=Deputy Chief of Mission Elizabeth Rood |url=https://ru.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/moscow/dcm/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=[U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Russia](/source/Embassy_of_the_United_States%2C_Moscow) |language=en-US}}] Rood is a career member of the [Senior Foreign Service](/source/Senior_Foreign_Service) with the rank of Minister-Counselor. She currently serves as the deputy [chief of mission](/source/chief_of_mission) at the [United States Embassy](/source/Embassy_of_the_United_States%2C_Moscow) in [Moscow](/source/Moscow), [Russia](/source/Russia). As of September 4, 2022, Rood assumed duties as ''[chargée d'affaires](/source/charg%C3%A9e_d'affaires)'' of the U.S. mission to Russia due to the retirement of Ambassador [John Sullivan](/source/John_J._Sullivan_(diplomat)), until a permanent successor is appointed.[{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Amy |title=John Sullivan departs post as U.S. ambassador to Russia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/04/john-sullivan-russia-ambassador/ |access-date=4 September 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}] Before this assignment, she was a faculty advisor at the [U.S. Army War College](/source/U.S._Army_War_College). She served as deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassy in [Tbilisi, Georgia](/source/Tbilisi%2C_Georgia); Rood also served as ''chargée d'affaires'', ''ad interim'' there. Before this, she served as political counselor at the U.S. embassy in [Kabul, Afghanistan](/source/Kabul%2C_Afghanistan). Rood had also directed several bureaus in the [State Department](/source/United_States_Department_of_State), including the Office of Export Control Cooperation in the [Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation](/source/Bureau_of_International_Security_and_Nonproliferation), the Office of Caucasus Affairs and Regional Conflicts in the [Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs](/source/Bureau_of_European_and_Eurasian_Affairs), and the [Foreign Service Institute](/source/Foreign_Service_Institute)’s Stability Operations Division. Rood had also served as Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in [Peshawar, Pakistan](/source/Peshawar%2C_Pakistan). Rood has other experiences in conflicts, including serving as the State Department’s representative on the U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team in [Paktika Province](/source/Paktika_Province) in [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan), as well as deputy to the U.S. Special Negotiator for conflicts concerning [Nagorno-Karabakh](/source/Nagorno-Karabakh), [Abkhazia](/source/Abkhazia), [South Ossetia](/source/South_Ossetia), and [Transnistria](/source/Transnistria). Other assignments include the Nonproliferation Bureau within the United States Department of State; the U.S. Mission to the International Organizations in [Vienna, Austria](/source/Vienna%2C_Austria); and the U.S. Consulate General in [Düsseldorf](/source/D%C3%BCsseldorf), [Germany](/source/Germany). She also held various roles in U.S. embassies in Vienna and Moscow.[{{cite web |title=PN2454 - Nomination of Elizabeth Rood for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/2454 |website=www.congress.gov |access-date=4 August 2022 |date=3 August 2022}}]
Rood was renominated the same day. Hearings on her nomination were held before the [Senate Foreign Relations Committee](/source/Senate_Foreign_Relations_Committee) on March 15, 2023. The committee favorably reported her nomination on April 27, 2023. The Senate confirmed her nomination on May 2, 2024, by [voice vote](/source/voice_vote). She was sworn on July 15, 2024 and presented her credentials to President [Serdar Berdimuhamedow](/source/Serdar_Berdimuhamedow) on July 31, 2024.[{{Cite web |date=August 2, 2024 |title=Arrival of Ambassador Elizabeth Rood to Turkmenistan |url=https://tm.usembassy.gov/arrival-of-ambassador-elizabeth-rood-to-turkmenistan/ |access-date=August 26, 2024 |website=U.S. Embassy in Turkmenistan |language=en-US}}]
==Awards and recognition==
Rood is the recipient of numerous State Department performance awards, including three Senior Foreign Service Performance Awards.