Ambassador
Biography of Judith (Judy) G. Garber
Ambassador of the United States of America to Latvia
Judith G. Garber was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Latvia on August 14, 2009. A career foreign service officer, Ambassador Garber served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs from 2007 – 2009. In this capacity, Ambassador Garber oversaw bilateral relations with Nordic, Baltic, and Central European countries. Prior to this, she served as
Director of the Office of North Central Europe which oversees U.S. relations with the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Slovenia.
Before joining the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Ms. Garber served in the Department's Economic Bureau as the Director for Development Finance, working with the multilateral development
banks, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Export-Import Bank and Trade and Development Agency on development policy, and donor coordination issues, including Haiti reconstruction, tsunami relief, and Pakistan earthquake
reconstruction. She has also served in Spain, Prague, Mexico City and Tel Aviv, following assignments in the Department's Secretariat and the Bureau of Economic Affairs.
Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Ms. Garber worked at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and the Department of the Treasury. She received her bachelor's degree at Georgetown University. She is married with two children.