 Philip
S. Goldberg presented his credentials to Bolivian President
Evo Morales Ayma on October 13, 2006. Ambassador
Goldberg served most recently as Chief of Mission in Pristina,
Kosovo (2004-2006). His previous post was Deputy Chief of
Mission at Embassy Santiago (2001-2004).
Ambassador
Goldberg, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service,
served from January-June 2001 as acting Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs. He came to that
position after having been a senior member of the State
Department team handling the transition from the Clinton
to Bush Administrations.
Mr.
Goldberg served as Special Assistant (1996-1998) and then
Executive Assistant (1998-2000) to Deputy Secretary of State
Strobe Talbott. From 1994-96 Mr. Goldberg was the Department’s
Bosnia Desk Officer and a Special Assistant to Ambassador
Richard Holbrooke. In the latter capacity, he was a member
of the American negotiating team in the lead-up to the Dayton
Peace Conference and Chief of Staff for the American Delegation
at Dayton.
Mr.
Goldberg has served overseas as a consular and political
officer at the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá and political-economic
officer in Pretoria.
Before
joining the Foreign Service, Mr. Goldberg worked for several
years as a liaison officer between the City of New York
and the United Nations and consular community. Mr. Goldberg
is a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and a graduate of
Boston University.
He
speaks Spanish.
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