Joanne Wagner assumes charge as US consul general

Joanne Wagner assumed her position as the United States consul general in Karachi on June 21, said a press release issued by the Public Affairs Office of the American Consulate General on Friday.

A career member of the US Senior Foreign Service, she most recently served in Washington, DC, with the Board of Examiners, helping to select the next generation of American diplomats.

Prior to that, CG Wagner was the US assistance coordinator in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she was responsible for coordinating US Government support activities with the Ukrainian government and other donors.

Consul General Wagner also served as minister-counselor for political affairs at the United States Mission to the European Union, deputy director of the Office of Pakistan Affairs, deputy counselor for political-military affairs at the United States Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, and the deputy chief of mission at the United States Embassy in Bujumbura, Burundi.

Consul General Wagner has a Juris Doctor from Saint Louis University School of Law and a Masters in National Security Strategy from the National War College of the National Defense University.

She is a fan of Broadway musicals and the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team, as well as an occasional amateur composer, whose first piece debuted at Brussels’ Palais des Beaux Arts with a 100-voice choir and full symphony orchestra.