Suzanne K. Hale

[1] As Minister-Counselor for Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Hale managed USDA's three offices in Japan from 2000 to 2004.

From 1997 to 2000, during China's WTO accession negotiations, she served as Minister-Counselor for Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

From 1978 to 1981, she worked with USDA's international trade policy staff in Washington, DC.

Hale retired on November 30, 2010, with the personal rank of Career Minister after more than 30 years of public service.

Hale was raised in western New York, and educated at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, the International Christian University in Tokyo, and Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin.