Chiefs of Mission for The Gambia

Chiefs of Mission

• Mercer Cook (1903–1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 9, 1965–July 1, 1966
• William Robert Rivkin (1919–1967)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 16, 1967–March 19, 1967
• Lewis Dean Brown (1920–2001)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 18, 1968–August 15, 1970
• Gilbert Edward Clark (1917–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 24, 1970–October 16, 1973
• Orison Rudolph Aggrey (1926–2016)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 17, 1974–July 10, 1977
• Herman Jay Cohen (1932–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 29, 1978–July 21, 1980
• Larry G. Piper (1928–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 21, 1980–August 23, 1982
• Robert Thomas Hennemeyer (1925–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 20, 1984–June 27, 1986
• Herbert E. Horowitz (1930–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 24, 1986–November 4, 1989
• A. Donald Bramante (1930–2016)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 1990–December 1990
• Arlene Render (1943–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 31, 1990–August 8, 1993
• Andrew J. Winter (1946–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 29, 1993–May 31, 1995
• Gerald Wesley Scott (1940–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 16, 1996–June 27, 1998
• George Williford Boyce Haley (1925–2015)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 15, 1998–July 14, 2001
• Jackson C. McDonald (1956–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 29, 2001–May 26, 2004
• Joseph D. Stafford (1950–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 15, 2004–June 5, 2007
• Barry L. Wells (1942–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 13, 2008–May 13, 2009
• Pamela Ann White (1948–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 29, 2010–June 2, 2012
• Edward M. Alford (1951–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 5, 2012–July 28, 2013
• Carolyn Patricia Alsup (1961–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 13, 2016–September 22, 2018
• Richard C. Paschall III (?–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 9, 2019–

Other Nominees

• Sharon Erdkamp Ahmad (1933–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Did not serve under this appointment.
• Ruth V. Washington (1921–1990)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Died at Greenburgh, New York, on January 20, 1990, before going to post.