List of ambassadors of the United States to Barbados

The United States ambassador to Barbados is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Barbados. The title of the ambassador is United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean and is concurrently the ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, while residing in Bridgetown, Barbados.

Ambassador of the United States to Barbados
Seal of the United States Department of State
Flag of a United States ambassador
Incumbent Karin B. Sullivan Chargé d'affaires[1] since January 20, 2025
Nominator	The president of the United States
Appointer	The president with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder	George Dolgin as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
Formation	November 30, 1966
Website	Ambassador to Barbados

List of U.S. ambassadors to Barbados

The following is a list of U.S. ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Barbados. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

Representative	Title	Presentation of credentials	Termination of mission	Appointed by
George Dolgin	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	November 30, 1966	November 30, 1967	Lyndon B. Johnson
Fredric R. Mann	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 27, 1967	April 10, 1969
Eileen R. Donovan	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 5, 1969	August 3, 1974	Richard Nixon
Theodore R. Britton, Jr.[2]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 12, 1975	April 22, 1977	Gerald Ford
Frank V. Ortiz, Jr.[3]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 29, 1977	May 15, 1979	Jimmy Carter
Sally Shelton-Colby[4]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	June 7, 1979	February 24, 1981
Milan D. Bish[5]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 10, 1981	March 4, 1984	Ronald Reagan
Thomas H. Anderson, Jr.[6]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 11, 1984	March 12, 1986
Paul A. Russo[6]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 10, 1986	June 25, 1988
John E. Clark	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	June 25, 1988	November 14, 1990
G. Philip Hughes[7]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 14, 1990	June 17, 1993	George H. W. Bush
Jeanette W. Hyde[7][8]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	April 14, 1994	January 31, 1998	Bill Clinton
E. William Crotty[9]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 24, 1998	October 10, 1999[10]
James A. Daley[9]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 26, 2000	March 1, 2001
Marcia Bernicat	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	August 2001	March 2002	[11]
Roland W. Bullen	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	March 2002	April 10, 2002
Earl Norfleet Phillips[9]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	April 10, 2002	June 1, 2003	George W. Bush
Mary E. Kramer[9]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 3, 2004	October 30, 2006
Mary Martin Ourisman[9]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 7, 2006	January 16, 2009
Brent Hardt[9]	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	January 16, 2009	June 19, 2011[12]	[11]Barack Obama
Christopher Sandrolini[9]	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	June 19, 2011	May 22, 2012[12]
Larry Leon Palmer	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	May 22, 2012[13]	January 19, 2016
Linda Swartz Taglialatela	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 1, 2016	December 27, 2023	Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden
Joaquin F. Monserrate	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	December 28, 2023	January 11, 2024	Joe Biden
Roger F. Nyhus	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	January 19, 2024	January 20, 2025	Joe Biden
Karin B. Sullivan	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	January 20, 2025	Incumbent	Donald Trump

See also

• Barbados – United States relations
• Foreign relations of Barbados
• Ambassadors of the United States