Deputy Douglas A. Koneff Spouse(s) Janetta Chapman | Preceded by Adam E. Namm Children Two sons | |
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President Barack ObamaDonald Trump Nationality United States of America Education Duke University (1983), National Intelligence University (2000) Similar Adam Namm, Barack Obama, Heather M Hodges | ||
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Todd C. Chapman is a career United States Foreign Service officer and current United States Ambassador to Ecuador.
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Biography
Chapman was born in Houston, Texas. When he was a child he moved with his family to São Paulo, Brazil. Chapman lived in Brazil through secondary school, graduating from Escola Maria Imaculada (Chapel School).
Chapman returned to the United States to attend Duke University where he earned a BA in 1983. He worked as a commercial banker for seven years before joining the United States Foreign Service in 1990.
Chapman attended the Joint Military Intelligence College, earning a MS in Strategic Intelligence in 2000. In 2001, Chapman was assigned as an Economic Officer in San Jose, Costa Rica. In 2004, he was appointed Political/Economic/Commercial Counselor at the embassy in La Paz, Bolivia. In 2006 he served as executive assistant in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. State Department, Washington D.C., and in 2007 he served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Maputo, Mozambique. He served as Senior Diplomatic Coordinator for Economic Affairs in Kabul, Afghanistan, from 2010 to 2011. In 2011 he was assigned as Deputy Chief of Mission to Brasília, Brazil.
In 2015 Chapman was appointed United States Ambassador to Ecuador by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Congress. Ambassador Chapman began serving as United States Ambassador to Ecuador on January 29, 2016.