Jessica Davis Ba is an American diplomat who serves as the United States ambassador to Ivory Coast in the Biden administration.

She previously served as Senior Coordinator and Special Advisor for Africa in the Office of the Vice President.

Davis Ba previously served as the Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim at the U.S. Embassy in N’Djamena, Chad.

She completed doctoral research on communication technologies and development in Africa as a National Security Education Program David L. Boren Graduate Fellow and went on to teach in the Communication, Culture and Technology Program at Georgetown University before joining the Foreign Service.

[3] Davis Ba also served as the deputy director of the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement section in Iraq.