The WH released the following brief bio:
Geeta Pasi, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Ms. Pasi, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, is Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs at the Department of State. She previously served as United States Ambassador to Chad and as United States Ambassador to Djibouti.
Ms. Pasi also served as Director of Career Development and Assignments for the State Department, Director of the Department’s Office of East African Affairs, Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Deputy Principal Officer at the United States Consulate General in Frankfurt, Germany. Her other past assignments include Afghanistan Desk Officer in the Office of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh Affairs, Political Officer at the United States Embassy in New Delhi, India, and Political Officer at the United States Embassy in Accra, Ghana.
Ms. Pasi earned her B.A. from Duke University and her M.A. from New York University. She has won numerous Department of State performance awards, including the Matilde W. Sinclaire Language Award. She speaks French, German, Hindi, Romanian, and Russian.
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Geeta Pasi: The newly appointed American ambassador to Ethiopia | #Ethiopia | https://t.co/GeQOInK2NN
— EthiopiaOnline (@EthiopiaOnline) June 22, 2020
Geeta Pasi, an Indo-American, has been nominated by @realDonaldTrump as the next ambassador to Ethiopia. https://t.co/IZgezEnxC7
— The Reporter (@TheReporterET) June 20, 2020
On behalf of the United States, PDAS Geeta Pasi was pleased to sign an arrangement with President Touadera on a security & justice sector partnership, reaffirming our joint commitment to peace and prosperity in #CAR pic.twitter.com/BS7vdpX2aU
— Tibor Nagy (@AsstSecStateAF) April 11, 2019
Ambassador Geeta Pasi, leaving Chad, to be Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Africa https://t.co/GtQa22K1KU #StateDept
— Donald Camp (@donacamp) September 4, 2018