Howard Andree Van Vranken[1] is an American diplomat serving as the United States Ambassador to Botswana since May 2023.

[2] A career officer with the United States Foreign Service, Van Vranken has been assigned to embassies in Jerusalem, Sanaa, Oslo, Beirut, Tel Aviv, Belfast, and Tunis.

[4] On July 16, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Van Vranken to be the next United States Ambassador to Botswana.

[2] On September 29, 2021, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

[7] Van Vranken is the recipient of the Presidential Distinguished Service Award.