Lisa Kubiske is the Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., of the U.S. Mission in Brazil

Biography:

Lisa Kubiske is a U.S. diplomat with experience in Latin America, China/Hong Kong, and Washington DC.   She is Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., of the U.S. Mission in Brazil.

Earlier assignments include service as Western Hemisphere Economics Director at the State Department; Deputy Chief of Mission in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Officer in the State Department’s Operations Center and Secretariat Staff; Investment Director and Negotiator at the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office (USTR); chief of the Economic-Political Section at the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong; and additional work in Shanghai, China and in Mexico, DF, Mexico.

She was awarded the State Department’s highest honor, a Valor Award, for her coordination of U.S. search teams following the major Mexican earthquakes of September 1985. She has earned other awards as well, including a Superior Honor Award for her work as DCM in Santo Domingo and, most recently, Superior Honor awards for her participation in the public outreach campaign on behalf of the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement and her efforts on behalf of the U.S.-Brazil biofuels cooperation.

Ms. Kubiske holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Brandeis University and a Masters of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) degree from Georgetown University. She spent her undergraduate junior year abroad at Universidad La Catolica in Lima, Peru.  

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