She served as the United States ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu from 2016 to 2019.

She earned her bachelor's degrees in international relations and political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

In 1988 she joined the United States Foreign Service and subsequently served in several international locations, including Mali, Morocco, Togo, Egypt, Germany, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Australia.

Ambassador, she was serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Administration's Office of Logistics Management, a role she had held since 2011.

[4] On February 11, 2016, Ebert-Gray arrived in Port Moresby after having been confirmed on December 9, 2015, by the United States Senate.