Tatiana C. Gfoeller (born 1960) is a veteranAmericandiplomat. Since joining theDepartment of State in 1984, her foreign postings have includedPoland,Saudi Arabia,Bahrain, theSoviet Union,Belgium,Russia, andTurkmenistan. Gfoeller has served as a Deputy Chief of Mission in Turkmenistan, Deputy Principal Officer in Russia, and Consul General inJeddah, Saudi Arabia. She was awarded the Rusk Fellowship in 2000. Additionally, Gfoeller authored a book on U.S. foreign policy interests in the Caspian Basin and has taught master's degree classes in political science atGeorgetown University.[1] She is a member of numerous foreign affairs organizations, including theCouncil on Foreign Relations and speaksRussian,French,Polish,Italian,Spanish, andArabic.[2] From 2011 to 2017, Gfoeller was a political adviser to the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon. From 2008 to 2011, she served asAmbassador to theKyrgyz Republic.[3][2] Her father was the French writer of Russian extractionVladimir Volkoff. Gfoeller served as President of American Women for International Understanding , an international women's rights NGO, from 2020 to 2022 and is now on its Board of Directors. Since 2022, Ambassador Gfoeller has been serving as the Global Ambassador-at-Large of theACE Health Foundation.[4]
Ambassador Gfoeller published her first novel, “A Simple Love,” in 2021. She is presently[when?] at work on a second novel.[5][6]
Her husband is Michael Gfoeller. They have one son, Major Emmanuel Gfoeller, an Army Ranger.[7]
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