US President Joe Biden has nominated US Ambassador to Slovakia Bridget A. Brink to head the US Embassy in Ukraine, the White House said in a press release, Report informs, citing Ukrinform.
"Today, President Biden announced his intention to nominate veteran US diplomat Bridget A. Brink to serve as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ukraine," the White House said.
According to the statement, Brink is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service who currently serves as the US Ambassador to the Slovak Republic.
Prior to that, she served as Senior Advisor and Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the US Department of State, with responsibility for issues related to Eastern Europe and the Caucasus.
She also served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassies in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and Tbilisi, Georgia.
Brink spent her twenty-five-year career in the Foreign Service focused on advancing US policy in Europe and Eurasia.
Originally from Michigan, Brink is the recipient of numerous performance awards. She holds Master's degrees in International Relations and Political Theory from the London School of Economics and Political Science, as well as a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Kenyon College. She speaks Russian and has studied Slovak, Serbian, Georgian, and French.