Joey R. Hood is an American diplomat who is the United States ambassador to Tunisia.

[2] Prior to his career in foreign service, Hood was a Fulbright scholar in Burkina Faso, and worked at a bank in Vermont.

Throughout his career, he served in leadership positions overseas as the Chargé d’affaires and deputy chief of mission of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, the deputy chief of mission of the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait City, Kuwait, and the principal officer of the U.S. Consulate General in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

[2][3] On May 20, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Hood to be the next United States ambassador to Tunisia.

[5] Hearings on his nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 27, 2022.