Karen L. Williams

Karen Lynn Williams is an American diplomat and she was United States Ambassador to Suriname.

[1] Ms. Williams is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service.

[2] She has served at multiple capacities including being the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Guyana, Senior Advisor at the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs and has worked in U.S. embassies in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Paraguay.

[3] On June 28, 2018, President Trump nominated Williams to be the next United States Ambassador to Suriname.

[2] On October 11, 2018, the Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote.

Williams meets with Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with staff and families of U.S. Embassy Suriname in Paramaribo, Suriname on September 17, 2020.