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|name = Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley
|image = Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley.jpg
|image = Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley.jpg
|office = [[United States Ambassador to Malta]]
|office = Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer of the [[United States Department of State]]
|president = [[Barack Obama]]
|president = [[Joe Biden]]
|term_start = May 2, 2012
|term_start = April 12, 2021
|term_end = January 13, 2016
|term_end = June 30, 2023
|predecessor = [[Douglas Kmiec]]
|predecessor = Position established
|successor = [[G. Kathleen Hill]]
|office1 = [[United States Ambassador to Malta]]
|president1 = [[Barack Obama]]
|term_start1 = May 2, 2012
|term_end1 = January 26, 2016
|predecessor1 = [[Douglas Kmiec]]
|successor1 = [[G. Kathleen Hill]]
|birth_name = Gina Kay Abercrombie
|birth_name = Gina Kay Abercrombie
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1957}}
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1957}}
|birth_place = [[Cleveland Heights]], [[Ohio]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|birth_place = [[Cleveland Heights, Ohio]], U.S.
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|spouse = {{marriage|Gerard Winstanley|1982}}
|alma_mater = [[George Washington University]]<br>[[Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies|Johns Hopkins University]]
|children = 2
|education = [[George Washington University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Johns Hopkins University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
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'''Gina Kay Abercrombie-Winstanley '''(born 1957) is an American [[diplomat]] who served as [[U.S. Ambassador to Malta]]. She was nominated by President [[Barack Obama]] and confirmed on March 29, 2012. She was sworn in on April 18, 2012, and presented her credentials to [[George Abela]], President of [[Malta]], on May 2, 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://malta.usembassy.gov/ambassador3.html|title=Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley|work=Embassy of the United States Malta|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910165630/http://malta.usembassy.gov:80/ambassador3.html|archivedate=2015-09-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>
'''Gina Kay Abercrombie-Winstanley '''(born 1957) is an American [[diplomat]] who served as [[U.S. Ambassador to Malta|U.S. ambassador to Malta]] from 2012 to 2016. She was nominated by President [[Barack Obama]] and confirmed on March 29, 2012. She was sworn in on April 18, 2012, and presented her credentials to [[George Abela]], President of [[Malta]], on May 2, 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://malta.usembassy.gov/ambassador3.html|title=Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley|work=Embassy of the United States Malta|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910165630/http://malta.usembassy.gov/ambassador3.html|archive-date=2015-09-10|url-status=dead|access-date=2015-02-23}}</ref> On April 12, 2021, she was sworn in to serve as chief diversity and inclusion officer for the [[United States Department of State]].<ref name="At the Announcement of Ambassador G">{{cite news|url=https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-at-the-announcement-of-ambassador-gina-abercrombie-winstanley-as-chief-diversity-and-inclusion-officer/|title=At the Announcement of Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley as Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer|publisher=U.S. Department of State|date=April 12, 2021}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Abercrombie-Winstanley was born Gina Kay Abercrombie in [[Cleveland Heights]], [[Ohio]], where her mother was a secretary and her father an attorney. She graduated from [[Cleveland Heights High School]] and participated in an international exchange program in [[Israel]]. She then attended [[George Washington University]], where she earned a bachelor's degree.<ref name = "blackpastbio1">[http://www.blackpast.org/aah/abercrombie-winstanley-gina-kay-1957 Abercrombie-Winstanley, Gina Kay (1957- )] The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed, accessed May 9, 2016.</ref> She also earned a master's degree in international relations from [[Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies|Johns Hopkins University]].
Abercrombie-Winstanley was born Gina Kay Abercrombie in [[Cleveland Heights]], [[Ohio]], where her mother was a secretary and her father an attorney. ( no proof can be provided for parents) She graduated from [[Cleveland Heights High School]] and participated in an international exchange program in [[Israel]]. She then attended [[George Washington University]], where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.<ref name = "blackpastbio1">{{cite web|url=http://www.blackpast.org/aah/abercrombie-winstanley-gina-kay-1957 |title=Gina Kay Abercrombie-Winstanley (1957- )|website=The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed|first=Carlton|last=McLellan|date=January 30, 2015|access-date= May 9, 2016}}</ref> She also earned a Master of Arts degree in international relations from [[Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies|Johns Hopkins University]].


==Career==
==Career==
[[File:Ambassador Abercrombie-Winstanley Delivers Remarks Upon Being Named Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer (51111565357) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Abercrombie-Winstanley speaks in 2021]]
After completing her studies, Abercrombie-Winstanley joined the [[U.S. Peace Corps]] as a volunteer in [[Oman]].
After completing her studies, Abercrombie-Winstanley joined the [[Peace Corps]] as a volunteer in [[Oman]].


Abercrombie-Winstanley joined the [[U.S. Foreign Service]] in 1985 and was posted to [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]]. She then went on to serve at the [[U.S. embassies]] in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]] and [[Cairo]], Egypt. She returned stateside to become Special Assistant for Middle Eastern and African Affairs to Deputy Assistant Secretary of State [[Lawrence Eagleburger]] (1991-1993). After a year of intensive Arabic language training in Tunisia, Abercrombie-Winstanley then became a political officer at the U.S. Embassy in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]] (1994–97), focusing on Palestinian-Israeli relations.<ref name = "blackpastbio1"/> from 1997 to 1998 she was assigned to the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]].
Abercrombie-Winstanley joined the [[United States Foreign Service]] in 1985 and was posted to [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]]. She then went on to serve at the [[U.S. embassies]] in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]] and [[Cairo]], Egypt. She returned stateside to become a Special Assistant for Middle Eastern and African Affairs to Deputy Assistant Secretary of State [[Lawrence Eagleburger]] (1991–1993). After a year of intensive Arabic language training in Tunisia, Abercrombie-Winstanley then became a political officer at the U.S. Embassy in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]] (1994–97), focusing on [[Israel–Palestine relations]].<ref name = "blackpastbio1"/> from 1997 to 1998 she was assigned to the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]].


From 1998 to 2000, she served in roles with the [[U.S. National Security Council]], serving as Director for the Arabian Peninsula with the Near East South Asia Center, and at [[The White House]] as Director for Legislative Affairs.
From 1998 to 2000, she served in roles with the [[United States National Security Council]], serving as director for the Arabian Peninsula with the Near East South Asia Center and later as director of legislative affairs.


Abercrombie-Winstanley served as Consul General in [[Jeddah]], [[Saudi Arabia]] <ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/cleveland-hts-native-takes-road-less-traveled/article_def10865-ea8c-5b9f-bd6d-ad0ff28621b0.html|title=Cleveland Hts. native takes road less traveled|last=Guth|first=Douglas J.|date=|work=Cleveland Jewish News|access-date=2018-02-12|language=en}}</ref> from 2002 to 2005. She was the first female consul general in that location.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/blackhistory/2015/236760.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526232230/https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/blackhistory/2015/236760.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 26, 2019|title=African American History Month 2015: Gina K. Abercrombie-Winstanley|date=February 1, 2015|website=U.S. Department of State|access-date=2018-02-12}}</ref> While there, she survived an al-Qaeda attack on the consulate on December 6, 2004, and was cited "for acts of courage" during the attack.<ref name="state.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/189495.htm|title=Abercrombie-Winstanley, Gina|work=U.S. Department of State|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012214810/http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/189495.htm|archive-date=October 12, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> from 2005 to 2006 she served as Director of Middle East Area Studies in the [[Foreign Service Institute]], and then spent two years as Director for Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan at the Near Eastern Affairs Bureau. From 2008 to 2012 she was Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism.
Abercrombie-Winstanley served as consul general in [[Jeddah]], [[Saudi Arabia]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/cleveland-hts-native-takes-road-less-traveled/article_def10865-ea8c-5b9f-bd6d-ad0ff28621b0.html|title=Cleveland Hts. native takes road less traveled|last=Guth|first=Douglas J.|work=Cleveland Jewish News|access-date=2018-02-12|language=en}}</ref> from 2002 to 2005. She was the first female consul general in that location.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/blackhistory/2015/236760.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526232230/https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/blackhistory/2015/236760.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 26, 2019|title=African American History Month 2015: Gina K. Abercrombie-Winstanley|date=February 1, 2015|website=U.S. Department of State|access-date=2018-02-12}}</ref> While there, she survived an [[al-Qaeda]] attack on the consulate on December 6, 2004, and was cited "for acts of courage" during the attack.<ref name="state.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/189495.htm|title=Abercrombie-Winstanley, Gina|work=U.S. Department of State|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012214810/http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/189495.htm|archive-date=October 12, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> From 2005 to 2006, she served as director of Middle East Area studies in the [[Foreign Service Institute]], and then spent two years as director for Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan at the [[Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs]]. From 2008 to 2012, she was deputy [[Coordinator for Counterterrorism|coordinator for counterterrorism]].


President Barack Obama then nominated her to become [[United States Ambassador to Malta|U.S. Ambassador to Malta]].<ref name="state.gov"/> She served in that role from May 2, 2012 to January 13, 2016. She also serves as keynote speaker.{{clarify|date=November 2012}}
In 2012, President Barack Obama nominated her to become [[United States Ambassador to Malta|U.S. ambassador to Malta]].<ref name="state.gov"/> She served in that role from May 2, 2012, to January 26, 2016.

Abercrombie-Winstanley was sworn in on April 12, 2021, to serve under Secretary [[Antony Blinken]] as chief diversity and inclusion officer for the [[United States Department of State]]<ref name="At the Announcement of Ambassador G"/>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Abercrombie-Winstanley married Gerard A. Winstanley in 1982, and they have two adult children. She has maintained strong personal ties to Cleveland, Ohio.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180122/blogs03/149366/where-theres-equality-theres-better-chance-economic-progress|title=Where there's equality, there's a better chance for economic progress|date=2018-01-22|work=Crain's Cleveland Business|access-date=2018-02-12}}</ref>
Abercrombie-Winstanley married Gerard A. Winstanley in 1982, and they have two adult children.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180122/blogs03/149366/where-theres-equality-theres-better-chance-economic-progress|title=Where there's equality, there's a better chance for economic progress|date=2018-01-22|work=Crain's Cleveland Business|access-date=2018-02-12}}</ref>


== Honors and awards ==
==Honors and awards==
Recipient of Senior Performance Pay, Meritorious and Superior Honor Awards, including "For acts of courage during an attack on the U.S. Consulate General, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on December 6, 2004 by al-Qa'ida terrorists."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2001-2009.state.gov/s/ct/rls/bio/106237.htm|title=Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley|work=state.gov}}</ref>
Recipient of Senior Performance Pay, Meritorious and Superior Honor Awards, including "For acts of courage during an attack on the U.S. Consulate General, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on December 6, 2004, by al-Qa'ida terrorists."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2001-2009.state.gov/s/ct/rls/bio/106237.htm|title=Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley|work=state.gov|date=June 25, 2008 }}</ref>Foreign Policy for America's Community Leadership Award, Peace Corp Woman of Achievement and Distinguished Alumna of both Johns Hopkins University and George Washington University.


== Lectures and keynotes ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* Opening address, International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law, October 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theiij.org/|title=International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ)|work=theiij.org}}</ref>
* Keynoter, Remembering Rosa Parks, [[Cleveland]], Ohio, December 2005, The Cleveland City Club<ref name="peacecorpsonline.org">{{cite web|url=http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/2044259.html|title=Peace Corps Online: February 21, 2006: Headlines: COS - Oman: Saudi Arabia: Diplomacy: Third Goal: Minority RPCVs: African American Issues: Celeveland Jewish Times: Oman RPCV Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley is top diplomat in Saudi Arabia|work=peacecorpsonline.org}}</ref>


== External links ==
==External links==
*{{Cite web|url=http://www.afsa.org/making-it-work-conversations-female-ambassadors|title=Making It Work: Conversations with Female Ambassadors|website=The Foreign Service Journal, July/August 2017|language=en|access-date=2018-02-12}}
*{{Cite web|url=http://www.afsa.org/making-it-work-conversations-female-ambassadors|title=Making It Work: Conversations with Female Ambassadors|website=The Foreign Service Journal|date= July–August 2017|language=en|access-date=2018-02-12}}
*{{Cite news|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/top-us-women-diplomats-speak-harassment/4145802.html|title=Top US Women Diplomats Speak Out on Sexual Harassment|last=Ching|first=Nike|work=VOA|access-date=2018-02-12|language=en}}
*{{Cite news|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/top-us-women-diplomats-speak-harassment/4145802.html|title=Top US Women Diplomats Speak Out on Sexual Harassment|last=Ching|first=Nike|work=VOA|date=December 1, 2017|access-date=2018-02-12|language=en}}
*{{Cite news|url=http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/interview/18153/an-american-in-malta-gina-abercrombie-winstanley-20120514|title=An American in Malta - Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley|work=MaltaToday|access-date=2018-02-12|language=en}}
*{{Cite news|url=http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/interview/18153/an-american-in-malta-gina-abercrombie-winstanley-20120514|title=An American in Malta - Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley|first=Karl |last=Stagno-Navarra|work=MaltaToday|date= May 14, 2012|access-date=2018-02-12|language=en}}

==References==
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Revision as of 23:10, 22 October 2024

Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer of the United States Department of State
In office
April 12, 2021 – June 30, 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byPosition established
United States Ambassador to Malta
In office
May 2, 2012 – January 26, 2016
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byDouglas Kmiec
Succeeded byG. Kathleen Hill
Personal details
Born
Gina Kay Abercrombie

1957 (age 67–68)
Cleveland Heights, Ohio, U.S.
Spouse
Gerard Winstanley
​
(m. 1982)​
Children2
EducationGeorge Washington University (BA)
Johns Hopkins University (MA)

Gina Kay Abercrombie-Winstanley (born 1957) is an American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Malta from 2012 to 2016. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed on March 29, 2012. She was sworn in on April 18, 2012, and presented her credentials to George Abela, President of Malta, on May 2, 2012.[1] On April 12, 2021, she was sworn in to serve as chief diversity and inclusion officer for the United States Department of State.[2]

Early life and education

Abercrombie-Winstanley was born Gina Kay Abercrombie in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, where her mother was a secretary and her father an attorney. ( no proof can be provided for parents) She graduated from Cleveland Heights High School and participated in an international exchange program in Israel. She then attended George Washington University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.[3] She also earned a Master of Arts degree in international relations from Johns Hopkins University.

Career

Abercrombie-Winstanley speaks in 2021

After completing her studies, Abercrombie-Winstanley joined the Peace Corps as a volunteer in Oman.

Abercrombie-Winstanley joined the United States Foreign Service in 1985 and was posted to Baghdad, Iraq. She then went on to serve at the U.S. embassies in Jakarta, Indonesia and Cairo, Egypt. She returned stateside to become a Special Assistant for Middle Eastern and African Affairs to Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger (1991–1993). After a year of intensive Arabic language training in Tunisia, Abercrombie-Winstanley then became a political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel (1994–97), focusing on Israel–Palestine relations.[3] from 1997 to 1998 she was assigned to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

From 1998 to 2000, she served in roles with the United States National Security Council, serving as director for the Arabian Peninsula with the Near East South Asia Center and later as director of legislative affairs.

Abercrombie-Winstanley served as consul general in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia[4] from 2002 to 2005. She was the first female consul general in that location.[5] While there, she survived an al-Qaeda attack on the consulate on December 6, 2004, and was cited "for acts of courage" during the attack.[6] From 2005 to 2006, she served as director of Middle East Area studies in the Foreign Service Institute, and then spent two years as director for Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan at the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. From 2008 to 2012, she was deputy coordinator for counterterrorism.

In 2012, President Barack Obama nominated her to become U.S. ambassador to Malta.[6] She served in that role from May 2, 2012, to January 26, 2016.

Abercrombie-Winstanley was sworn in on April 12, 2021, to serve under Secretary Antony Blinken as chief diversity and inclusion officer for the United States Department of State[2]

Personal life

Abercrombie-Winstanley married Gerard A. Winstanley in 1982, and they have two adult children.[4][7]

Honors and awards

Recipient of Senior Performance Pay, Meritorious and Superior Honor Awards, including "For acts of courage during an attack on the U.S. Consulate General, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on December 6, 2004, by al-Qa'ida terrorists."[8]Foreign Policy for America's Community Leadership Award, Peace Corp Woman of Achievement and Distinguished Alumna of both Johns Hopkins University and George Washington University.

References

  1. ^ "Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley". Embassy of the United States Malta. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "At the Announcement of Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley as Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer". U.S. Department of State. April 12, 2021.
  3. ^ a b McLellan, Carlton (January 30, 2015). "Gina Kay Abercrombie-Winstanley (1957- )". The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Guth, Douglas J. "Cleveland Hts. native takes road less traveled". Cleveland Jewish News. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  5. ^ "African American History Month 2015: Gina K. Abercrombie-Winstanley". U.S. Department of State. February 1, 2015. Archived from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Abercrombie-Winstanley, Gina". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on October 12, 2015.
  7. ^ "Where there's equality, there's a better chance for economic progress". Crain's Cleveland Business. January 22, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  8. ^ "Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley". state.gov. June 25, 2008.
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2012–2016 		Succeeded by
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