Sarwar Awan
Ms Mireille Zieseniss has been appointed as the Embassy Spokesperson with immediate effect, said a US Embassy here on Saturday in a press briefing.
She succeeds Joe Wierichs, who has completed his tenure in Islamabad.
Mireille Zieseniss will facilitate media interviews, press briefings, and other activities with the ambassador, embassy officers, and visiting US government officials.
Ms. Zieseniss comes to Embassy in Islamabad following her postings as the Deputy Public Affairs Officer at the US Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Director of the US State Department’s Regional Media Hub in Brussels, and other diplomatic assignments in Afghanistan, Costa Rica, the Philippines, and Washington, D.C. She had started her career at State Department in 2006.
Ms. Zieseniss holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri and a Master’s Degree in Sociology from the University of Florida. Prior to joining the State Department, she worked as an analyst for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, where she worked to promote voting rights, indigenous rights, and equal education and employment opportunity. She is originally from Miami, Florida.
