[3] Her overseas assignments have included Panama, Pretoria, and St. Petersburg.

[4] During her Foreign Service career, Gwaltney also spent one year at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University as a National Security Affairs Fellow.

[4] She has also served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. embassies in Bishkek (1999–2001), Kyiv (2004–2007), and Moscow (2011–2014).

[5] On August 28, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Gwaltney to be the United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan.

Gwaltney is the recipient of several Department of State Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards.