{{short description|American diplomat}} {{Update|part=Career|reason=Needs additional information regarding Deputy UN Ambassador Tenure|date=June 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jeffrey Prescott | image = Jeffrey Prescott, U.S. Ambassador.jpg | caption = Prescott in 2024 | office = 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture | president = Joe Biden | term_start = April 3, 2024<ref>https://twitter.com/USUNRomeAmb/status/1775498553160302628?t=wxpDreHP-hwXx4rkTlpE1Q&s=19</ref> | term_end = January 20, 2025 | predecessor = Cindy McCain | successor = Lynda Blanchard | office1 = Deputy to the United States Ambassador to the United Nations | president1 = Joe Biden | term_start1 = February 25, 2021 | term_end1 = February 25, 2024<ref>https://twitter.com/JakeSullivan46/status/1761496830959890458?t=_iFmzLdHxcfUDwai_f95jg&s=19</ref> | predecessor1 = Taryn Frideres | successor1 = Ned Price | education = Boston University (BA)<br>Yale University (JD) }}
'''Jeffrey Prescott''' is an American attorney who had served the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture.<ref name="BidenWHBio">{{cite web |title=President Biden Announces Key Nominees |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/02/president-biden-announces-key-nominees-48/ |website=The White House |access-date=9 June 2023 |date=2 June 2023}}</ref> He previously served as the deputy to the United States ambassador to the United Nations{{ref label|†|†|†}} in the Biden administration.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet the BU Alums Invited to Join Biden Administration |url=https://www.bu.edu/articles/2021/bu-alumni-biden-administration/ |website=Boston University |date=March 5, 2021 |access-date=29 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=December 7, 2020|title=Biden aide noted for experience and calm may become point person on China|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3112763/jeffrey-prescott-joe-biden-aide-noted-experience-and-calm-may|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref>
== Education == Prescott holds a BA degree from Boston University and a JD from Yale Law School.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=China Law Center's Jeff Prescott '97 Named 2010-2011 White House Fellow|url=https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/china-law-centers-jeff-prescott-97-named-2010-2011-white-house-fellow|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=law.yale.edu|language=en}}</ref>
== Career == After completing law school, Prescott clerked for Judge Walter King Stapleton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was also a staff attorney at the Lawyer's Committee for Human Rights. Prescott then relocated to Beijing, where he was a visiting professor at Peking University School of Transnational Law and became the founding director of the China Law Center's branch office.<ref name=":0" />
Prescott previously served as an advisor to the United States National Security Council on policy related to Iran, Iraq, Syria, and the Persian Gulf. He was also deputy national security advisor and senior Asia advisor for then Vice President Joe Biden.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Prescott|first=Jeffrey|title=Jeffrey Prescott|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jeff-prescott/|access-date=2021-01-18|website=Foreign Policy|date=January 13, 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> Since leaving the Obama administration, Prescott became the executive director of National Security Action and a senior fellow at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement.<ref>{{Cite web|title=LCWINS {{!}} Steering Committee {{!}} Jeff Prescott|url=https://www.lcwins.org/steering-committee-members/jeff|access-date=2021-01-18|website=www.lcwins.org|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225102258/https://www.lcwins.org/steering-committee-members/jeff|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===FAO Nomination=== On June 2, 2023, Biden nominated Prescott to be the U.S. ambassador to the UN Agency for Food and Agriculture.<ref name="BidenWHBio" /> On February 8, 2024, the United States Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote.<ref>{{cite web |title=PN785 — Jeffrey Prescott — Department of State 118th Congress (2023-2024) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/118th-congress/785 |website=US Congress |date = February 8, 2024|access-date=February 9, 2024}}</ref> He presented his credentials to FAO Director General Qu Dongyu on April 3, 2024.<ref>https://twitter.com/USUNRomeAmb/status/1775498553160302628?t=QlTKRcf1mMEBZos_SrvM4Q&s=19</ref>
== Publications ==
=== Articles ===
* Praise for the Suleimani Strike Isn't Based in Reality, ''Foreign Policy,'' January 13, 2020 (co-authored with Ned Price)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prescott |first=Ned Price, Jeffrey |date=2024-02-28 |title=Praise for the Suleimani Strike Isn't Based in Reality |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/13/praise-trump-killing-suleimani-not-reality-based/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Foreign Policy |language=en-US}}</ref> * Trump Doesn't Deserve Any Credit for His Disruptive Foreign Policy, ''Foreign Policy'', March 14, 2019<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prescott |first=Jeffrey |date=2024-02-28 |title=Trump Doesn't Deserve Any Credit for His Disruptive Foreign Policy |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/03/14/trump-doesnt-deserve-any-credit-for-his-disruptive-foreign-policy/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Foreign Policy |language=en-US}}</ref> * Will Trump Scuttle the Success of Retaking Mosul? ''Foreign Policy'', March 20, 2017 (co-authored with Daniel Benaim)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prescott |first=Daniel Benaim, Jeffrey |date=2024-02-28 |title=Will Trump Scuttle the Success of Retaking Mosul? |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/20/will-trump-scuttle-the-success-of-retaking-mosul-iran-abadi-islamic-state/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Foreign Policy |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Personal life == Prescott is married to Susan Jakes. They have two daughters, Amalia and Phoebe.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2023 |title=Statement of Jeffrey Prescott, Nominee for U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, with the rank of Ambassador |url=https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/af9c6885-effa-e67e-88dc-410d78c05bfd/111623_Prescott_Testimony.pdf |access-date=February 24, 2024 |website=foreign.senate.gov}}</ref>
== Footnotes ==
<small>{{note label|†|†|†}} N.b. the appointed role of Deputy to the Ambassador to the UN is a separate position from the Senate-confirmed role of Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations. The deputy to the ambassador assists the U.S. ambassador to the UN by acting as a liaison in Washington, D.C., managing their Washington office, interacting with Congress and acting as a stand-in for the UN ambassador. The two roles co-exist, as in 2019 when Taryn Frideres was Deputy to the Ambassador at the same time that Jonathan Cohen was Deputy Ambassador to the UN.</small>
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