She had served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Intelligence and Research from September 11, 2023, to January 20, 2025.

[13] In the same week, text messages were released, including a single text where Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland redirected Acting Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor to Kenna over concerns that Taylor held.

– discuss] On May 1, 2020, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Kenna to be the next United States Ambassador to the Republic of Peru.

[19] Lisa Kenna presented her credentials to the President Francisco Sagasti on March 22, 2021[20] On September 8, 2023, she was succeeded in the role by ad interim Chargé d'Affaires John T.

[5][21] On January 20, 2025, President Trump, newly inaugurated for his second term, appointed Kenna to serve as Acting Secretary of State for an interim basis until the U.S. Senate voted to confirm President Trump's nominee, Senator Marco Rubio.