Charles Kevin Blackstone is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to East Timor from March to August 2021.

He previously served as the executive director of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 2017 to 2020.

[3] He was the minister-counselor for management of the United States Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, and management counselor of the United States embassies in Bangkok, Thailand and New Delhi, India.

He served as the executive director of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the State Department from 2017 to 2020.

[6] He presented credentials to Timor-Leste President Francisco Guterres on March 19, 2021.