[3] Prior to her appointment as Ambassador, she served as Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, from 2017 to 2020.

[4] On October 11, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Shea to be the next United States Ambassador to Lebanon.

Shea accused Hezbollah of interfering in attempts to improve Lebanon's devastated economy and of draining billions of dollars in funds from the Lebanese government.

[9] She also criticized a speech by Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah blaming the United States for the economic crisis.

In June 2020, following her remarks, Judge Mohammad Mazeh accused her of violating the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

Mazeh passed an order preventing her from making any public statement, as well as forbidding any local or foreign media outlet working in Lebanon from conducting interviews with her or on pain of a $200,000 fine.