Ambassador Kelly Keiderling

Ambassador Kelly Keiderling was appointed as the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova in October 2022. She will also serve as the OSCE mediator in the Transdniestrian Settlement Process. Previously, she served as U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay, Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Chisinau, Moldova, and Deputy Chief of Mission and intermittently as Charge d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela. Ambassador Keiderling has held diplomatic positions at U.S. missions to Kyrgyzstan, Cuba, Botswana, the Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, and Zambia, as well as multiple positions in Washington, D.C. Ambassador Keiderling also served as Deputy Commandant/faculty member at the U.S. National War College from 2019-2021, where she taught national security strategy, diplomacy, and Ukraine studies. Her intellectual interests include societies in transition, effective communication, and diplomatic tradecraft.