Lisa A. Johnson

Lisa Anne Johnson (born 1967) is an American diplomat who is serving as the United States ambassador to Lebanon.

[2] Johnson is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, serving as the deputy assistant secretary of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.

Johnson previously served the United States Ambassador to Namibia from 2018 to 2021[3] and chargé d’affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Nassau, Bahamas, from 2014 to 2017.

Her overseas posts have included time at U.S. embassies in Beirut, Lebanon; Islamabad, Pakistan; Luanda, Angola; and Pretoria, South Africa.

She has also served as a senior official at the U.S. State Department, National Security Council and Vice President's Office.