Kolkata: Elizabeth Lee has become the new Director of the American Center Kolkata and the Public Affairs Officer of the U.S. Consulate General in Kolkata, succeeding Adrian Pratt.
Ms Lee, who hails from southwestern West Virginia, said, “I am delighted to be here in Kolkata and to represent the United States of America in the East and Northeast India. I look forward to engaging with the people and learning about their heritage and culture as we work together to advance the U.S.-India partnership in this region.”
She has a degree in journalism from Marshall University and can speak Japanese, Urdu and some Arabic. The US diplomat earlier served in various Public Affairs roles in Riyadh, Tokyo, Islamabad and Lahore.
In Washington D.C., she joined the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration focusing on Europe, including working in Moldova on refugee issues.
Ms Lee was the unit chief in the Counterterrorism Bureau’s Office of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS (CT/SECI) and covered humanitarian issues in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. She joined the State Department in 2009.
