Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman will visit Santiago, October 20-21 to conduct high-level bilateral meetings with the Government of Chile.
Under Secretary Sherman is the State Department’s fourth-ranking official. She serves as the day-to-day manager of overall regional and bilateral policy issues, and oversees the bureaus for Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Eurasia, the Near East, South and Central Asia, the Western Hemisphere, and International Organizations.
In Santiago, Under Secretary Sherman will participate in the High-Level Bilateral Political Consultative Mechanism with counterparts from Chile’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The mechanism was created in Washington, DC in June 2013 by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and then President Sebastian Piñera, as a forum for political dialogue between both countries. The discussions will cover a range of issues including trilateral cooperation in Central America and the Caribbean, UNSC issues and peacekeeping, Ebola and other global issues, enhancing educational exchange and enabling greater youth and civil society participation in governance.
In addition, on October 20, Under Secretary Sherman will speak at The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies in Santiago. The topic of her speech is “Addressing Regional and Global Challenges: The Critical Value of the U.S.-Chile Relationship.”
Wendy R. Sherman
Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman was sworn in as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs on September 21, 2011.
Prior to this position, Under Secretary Sherman served as Vice Chair of Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy firm, and a member of the Investment Committee of Albright Capital Management, an affiliated investment advisory firm focused on emerging markets.
Ambassador Sherman served as Counselor for the State Department from 1997 to 2001, as well as Special Advisor to President Clinton and Policy Coordinator on North Korea. From 1993 to 1996, under Secretary of State Warren Christopher, she was Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs.
Ambassador Sherman served as Chair of the Board of Directors of Oxfam America. She also served on the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Policy Board, a group tasked with providing the Secretary of Defense with independent, informed advice and opinion concerning matters of defense policy.
In 2008, Ambassador Sherman was appointed by Congressional Leadership to serve on the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation and Terrorism.
Ambassador Sherman attended Smith College, and received a B.A. cum laude from Boston University and a Master’s degree in Social Work, Phi Kappa Phi, from the University of Maryland.
