Baxter Hunt

James Baxter Hunt III is an American diplomat who has served as the U.S. Consul General in Toronto, Canada since October 2023.^[1]

Baxter Hunt
United States Consul General in Toronto, Canada
Incumbent
Assumed office October 2023
Chargé d'Affaires at the United States Embassy in Chile
In office January 2019 – August 10, 2020
Succeeded by	Richard Glenn
Personal details
Born	James Baxter Hunt III
Political party	Democratic
Parents	Jim Hunt (father) Carolyn Leonard (mother)
Relatives	Rachel Hunt (sister)
Education	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA) Princeton University (MPA)

Family and education

Hunt is the son of former North Carolina governor James Baxter Hunt Jr. and former first lady Carolyn Hunt. He is the brother of North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Rachel Hunt.

He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master's degree in public administration from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

Career

A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Hunt served as Chargé d'Affaires at the US Embassy in Santiago, Chile, from January 2019 until August 10, 2020,^[2] when Richard Glenn^[3] assumed duties. Before that, he was Deputy Chief of Mission in Santiago (since August 2017) and Deputy Executive Secretary in the Office of the Secretary of State.^[4] He also served abroad at the U.S. Embassies in Kabul, Afghanistan, Ottawa, Canada & Warsaw, Poland; & in the U.S. Consulate General in Durban, South Africa.

Hunt was a Presidential Management Intern working in the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. National Security Council before entering the Foreign Service.