{"id":18513,"date":"2022-07-21T08:31:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T00:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.usembassy.gov\/?p=18513"},"modified":"2025-06-11T08:09:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T00:09:31","slug":"ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.usembassy.gov\/ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador MaryKay L. Carlson"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"ga-title stacking-slide -section-background-color container-fluid internaltitle-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"internal-title alignwide internalpage container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"internal-title-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"internal-title-header\" class=\"internal-title-header medium\">Ambassador MaryKay L. Carlson<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n<section  class=\"ga-content-block stacking-slide white-section-background-color paragraphsection\">\n\t<div class=\"paragraph alignwide container meta-info-top\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"paragraph alignwide container\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-28653\" src=\"https:\/\/ph.usembassy.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/07\/Amb-Profiles-4-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ambassador MaryKay Carlson\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph.usembassy.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/07\/Amb-Profiles-4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph.usembassy.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/07\/Amb-Profiles-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ph.usembassy.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/07\/Amb-Profiles-4-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ph.usembassy.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/07\/Amb-Profiles-4-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ph.usembassy.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/07\/Amb-Profiles-4-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ph.usembassy.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/07\/Amb-Profiles-4.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ambassador MaryKay Loss Carlson was nominated on February 4, 2022, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of the Philippines.\u00a0 She was confirmed by the Senate on May 5, 2022.\u00a0 Ambassador Carlson is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor.<\/p>\n<p>She previously served as the Deputy Chief of Mission and Charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.\u00a0 Prior to her assignment to Argentina, she served as Deputy Chief of Mission and Charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires in New Delhi, India, and held the position of Principal Deputy Executive Secretary for the Secretary of State in Washington, D.C.\u00a0 A Foreign Service officer since 1985, she has served at U.S. Diplomatic Missions in China (twice), Ukraine, Hong Kong, Mozambique, Kenya, and the Dominican Republic.\u00a0 Her domestic assignments include Director of the Secretary\u2019s Executive Secretariat Staff and Deputy Director of Korean Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Ambassador Carlson received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish and International Studies from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.\u00a0 She holds Master\u2019s Degrees from Georgetown University (International Relations) and the National War College (National Security Studies).\u00a0 She is married to retired Foreign Service officer Aubrey Carlson, and they have two daughters.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section  class=\"ga-content-block stacking-slide white-section-background-color paragraphsection disable-the-block\">\n\t<div class=\"paragraph alignwide container meta-info-top\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"paragraph alignwide container\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p><p><a class=\"twitter-timeline\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAmbPH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-lang=\"en\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"800\">Tweets by USAmbPH<\/a> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section  class=\"ga-related-posts stacking-slide light-purple-section-background-color spotlight-posts\">\n<div class=\"spotlight alignwide container\">\n\n\t<div class=\"row\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"spottitle\">Related Posts<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"spotlight\" class=\"spotlight-post\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xl-4 col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-12 col-12 spotrow\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"spotcat\"><a href=\"\/\/category\/news\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"News\" aria-label=\"News\">News<\/a><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ph.usembassy.gov\/the-united-states-honors-filipino-war-veterans-deepens-ties-in-tagum-and-davao-visit\/\" aria-label=\"Related Posts News\" title=\"Related Posts The United States\u00a0Honors Filipino War Veterans, Deepens Ties in Tagum and Davao Visit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>The United States\u00a0Honors Filipino War Veterans, Deepens Ties in Tagum and Davao Visit<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDavao, March 2, 2026 \u2014 As the United States and the Philippines celebrate 80 years of diplomatic ties, U.S. Embassy Charg\u00e9\u00a0d\u2019Affaires,\u00a0a.i., Y. 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