Marie L. Yovanovitch

Marie L. Yovanovitch, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, serves as dean of the School of Language Studies at the Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute, a position she has held since 2014. Yovanovitch has extensive leadership and management experience, having previously served twice as an ambassador. She also has broad and deep expertise, gained from numerous assignments working on the region, including as principal deputy assistant secretary and deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, and as deputy chief of mission in Ukraine. She served as U.S. ambassador to Armenia (2008-2011) and U.S. Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan (2005-2008) and Deputy Chief of Mission at U.S. Embassy Kyiv (2001-2004).
Yovanovitch earned a B.A. from Princeton University and a M.S. in Strategic Studies from the National War College. Her languages are Russian and some French.