Michele J. Sison is a United States Ambassador and a career member of the United States Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor. She earned her B.A. in Political Science from Wellesley College and also studied at the London School of Economics. Ambassador Sison has two daughters in college. Sison's overseas assignments include service as Deputy Chief of Mission and Charg� d'Affaires, i.e. at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan and as consul General at the U.S. Consulate General in Chennai, India. She also served at the U.S. Missions in Abidjan, C�te d'Ivoire; Douala, Cameroon; Cotonou, Benin; Lom�, Togo; and Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as well as in Washington. Ambassador Sison is the recipient of numerous U.S. Department of State awards for exceptional service. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate, as Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, on May 6, 2004, and sworn in by Secretary of State Powell on July 12, 2004. Prior to her appointment to the UAE, she served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of South Asian Affairs, charged with providing broad policy oversight of U.S. relations with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. 

May 27th, 1959 in Arlington County (Age 65)