Joann M. Lockard is an American diplomat who has served as United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso since 2023.

[1] Lockard is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, with the rank of Counselor.

From 2020 to 2023, she served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

In Washington, D.C., Lockard served as a Nordic-Baltic Public Diplomacy Desk Officer in the State Department.

[1] On July 25, 2023, President Joe Biden nominated Lockard to be the next ambassador to Burkina Faso.