Michelle D. Gavin

Michelle D. Gavin (born 1973) is senior fellow for Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. She was the managing director of The Africa Center and from 2011 to 2014, she was the United States Ambassador to Botswana, and served concurrently as the United States representative to the Southern African Development Community (SADC).[1][2] She has also worked as a special assistant to President Obama and senior director for Africa on the National Security Council.[3]

Michelle Gavin
Born1973 (age 47–48)
EducationGeorgetown University (BA)
Lincoln College, Oxford (MPhil)

While Ambassador, “the United States and Botswana launched the most ambitious HIV prevention study in the world, Botswana hosted the 1,400-strong joint military exercise Southern Accord, and the U.S. embassy helped to found the first Botswana-American Chamber of Commerce.”[1]

Gavin was a Rhodes Scholar at Lincoln College, Oxford and received an MPhil in international relations and earned her BA from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, where she was a Truman Scholar.[1]

References
  1. "Michelle Gavin". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. "Michelle D. Gavin (1973–)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  3. Manly, Lorne (March 18, 2015). "Africa Center Post Gives Michelle D. Gavin a Chance to Show Diplomatic Skills". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 February 2020.


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