US-ABC In-person Roundtable with U.S. Ambassador-Designate to Timor Leste Donna Ann Welton, with Zoom option

In-person Roundtable with U.S. Ambassador-Designate Donna Ann Welton, with Zoom Dial in Option
Donna Welton was confirmed as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste on May 7.  Prior to being confirmed as Ambassador to Timor-Leste, Ambassador Welton served as acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Programs and Operations in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs and in PM/SNA as lead negotiator for bilateral defense agreements that involve access, status protections, and burden sharing.  She also previously served as Assistant Chief of Mission in Kabul and as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. embassy in Helsinki, Finland, where she served for over 18 months as Chargé d’affaires.  Before moving to Finland, she held a temporary assignment at the Department of Defense as the acting Director for Southeast Asia in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Policy). She served in Seoul, Tokyo, Sapporo, and Kabul. Ambassador Welton speaks Japanese fluently and also speaks Korean, Indonesian, German, some Dari, and Finnish.