DHAKA: Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat, who is currently Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Human Resources at the Department of State since 2012, is the next US Ambassador to Bangladesh. 

Marcia S. Bernicat will succeed incumbent Ambassador Dan W Mozena, who is going to complete his three-year tenure in Bangladesh. 

On May 22, US President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate some individuals including Marcia S. Bernicat to key his Administration posts.

Quoting the US secretary of State, US Embassy to Dhaka confirmed the matter on Saturday morning.

Ambassador Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat, a career member of the Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, was previously Ambassador to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau from 2008 to 2011. 

 She served in the Department of State as Office Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan in the Bureau of South Asian Affairs from 2006 to 2008.  

From 2004 to 2006, she was the Senior-Level Director and Career Development Officer in the Bureau of Human Resources at the State Department.  

Ambassador Bernicat also served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados from 2001 to 2004, and as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Lilongwe, Malawi from 1998 to 2001.  

She was Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate in Casablanca, Morocco from 1995 to 1998, Deputy Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India from 1992 to 1995, and Desk Officer for Nepal and India in the Bureau of Near East and South Asian Affairs from 1988 to 1990. 

 Earlier in her career, she was Special Assistant to Deputy Secretary of State John Whitehead, Consular Officer in Marseille, France, and Political/Consular Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Bamako, Mali.  Ambassador Bernicat received a B.A. from Lafayette College and an M.S. from Georgetown University. 

BDST: 0932 HRS, MAY 24 , 2014