Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath

Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath is an American diplomat. She arrived July 20, 2021 for her third assignment in Mexico as Deputy Chief of Mission to Mexico. Stephanie is second in command to the ambassador and helps oversee a mission team that encompasses more than a thousand employees in more than 30 U.S. agencies across the embassy and nine consulates. During the Ambassador’s absences from post, she serves as Chargé d'Affaires.

Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath
U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission at Mission Mexico
Assumed office
July 20, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
U.S. Chargé d'Affaires for Singapore
In office
January 20, 2017 – July 26, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byKirk Wagar
Succeeded byRafik Mansour
Personal details
Born
Stephanie Faye Syptak[1][2]
Spouse(s)Gautam Ramnath
Children2 daughters
Alma materGeorgetown University School of Foreign Service
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Navy

Biography

Stephanie served as Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. at U.S. Embassy Singapore from January 2017 to July 2019, directing 19 U.S. government sections and agencies in the advancement of bilateral security, military, economic, and people-to-people cooperation. During that time, she led Embassy efforts in support of the historic June 2018 Singapore Summit between President Trump and Chairman Kim.

She previously served as Minister Counselor for Public Diplomacy at U.S. Embassy Mexico City, Deputy Chief of Mission in Bamako, Mali, and Senior Deputy Director in the Office of Public Diplomacy in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. Other assignments include Tunis, Tunisia, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, and Monterrey, Mexico.

In November 2015, Stephanie was awarded the Department of State’s Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Public Diplomacy.

Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Stephanie was an officer in the U.S. Navy.,[1] She was a member of the International Women’s Forum Leadership Foundation 2011-2012 Fellows Class, for which she completed executive programs at Harvard Business School and INSEAD..

She is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of the Foreign Service and is married to Gautam Ramnath. They have two daughters studying at Northwestern University and Pepperdine University.

References
  1. "Alpha Chapter Delta Phi Epsilon Professional Foreign Service Sorority at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C." Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  2. "PN1381-1 — Foreign Service — 113th Congress (2013-2014)". U.S. Congress }. April 11, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
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