Kelly Colleen Degnan[2] is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, who served as the United States Ambassador to Georgia from 2020 to 2023.

Prior to returning to Washington, Degnan served as Deputy Chief of Mission at U.S. Embassy Pristina in Kosovo.

[5][6] In addition, Degnan has served overseas as the Senior Civilian Representative to Brigade Combat Team Salerno in Khost Afghanistan, as Deputy Political Counselor at the United States Embassy in Ankara Turkey, as well as in Botswana, and Pakistan since joining the United States Foreign Service in 1993.

[5] In her first public speech during the appointment ceremony, Degnan called Russia a hostile neighbor to Georgia, and outlined that her mission would be dedicated to deepening relations between Washington and Tbilisi in the development of democracy, trade and security.

[8] Degnan presented her credentials to Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili at the Orbeliani Palace in Tbilisi on January 31, 2020.