Joyce Anne Barr

Joyce Anne Barr is an American diplomat and a career foreign service officer in the Department of State. She currently is an Assistant Secretary of State for Administration. Prior to that, Barr was the International Affairs Advisor at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Her previous assignment was as the Executive Director for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP) within the State Department. She served as the ambassador to Namibia 2004–07. Ambassador Barr received a B.A. in Business Administration from Pacific Lutheran University graduating Magna Cum Laude. She has also received a M.P.A. from Harvard University and an M.S. in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Ambassador Barr is a career...