President Barack Obama today announced his intention to nominate Larry Leon Palmer as Ambassador to Barbados, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica and St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Palmer, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, served as President and CEO of the Inter-American Foundation from 2005 to 2010. He has previously served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras from 2002 to 2005 and Charge D’Affaires in Quito, Ecuador.
He has also worked in the Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Paraguay, Korea, and Sierra Leone. Palmer served as Assistant to the President of the University of Texas at El Paso and President of the 41st Senior Seminar, a senior management course for Senior Foreign Service officers.
Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Palmer served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia.
