Linda Swartz Taglialatela (born October 22, 1949) is a diplomat and she was United States Ambassador to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean, and the OECS.

[2] On February 1, 2016, she presented her credentials to Sir Elliott Belgrave, the then Governor-General of Barbados.

Taglialatela began a career in the public sector in 1973 as a management analyst at the Government Accountability Office.

As part of her assignment in the Office of the Inspector General, she inspected dozens of embassies and consulates.

Two years later, she returned to Washington, D.C. to join the Office of Resource Management and Organization Analysis.