Obama nominates FAMU alum for ambassadorship

Teddy B. Taylor (center), a FAMU alumnus, is U.S. President Barack Obama’s pick for the ambassadorship to the Solomon Islands, Republic of Vanuatu, and Papua New Guinea

Taylor has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Human Resources since June 2006. Immediately prior to this post, he directed of the Bureau’s Office of Employee Relations.

A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Taylor began his diplomatic career in 1978. He has served as U.S. Consul at the American Embassy in Budapest and the U.S. Interest Section in Havana. He has also worked as a consular officer at the US Embassies in Guatemala, Panama and Honduras.

Taylor’s long list of domestic assignments have included: Director of the Orientation Division at the Foreign Service Institute, Special Assistant in the Office of Visa Services in the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Deputy Examiner, Board of Foreign Service Examinations, Bureau of Human Resources, Deputy Director for East Asian and Pacific Assignments in the Bureau of Human Resources, Deputy Policy Officer for Latin America at the former United States Information Agency and Deputy Director of Press and Public Affairs in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs.

Taylor holds a B.S. from FAMU and is a life member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.