List of ambassadors of the United States to Grenada

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

Ambassador of the United States to Grenada
Seal of the United States Department of State
Flag of a United States ambassador
Incumbent Karin B. Sullivan Chargé d'affaires since January 20, 2025
Nominator	The president of the United States
Appointer	The president with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder	Theodore R. Britton, Jr. as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation	February 2, 1984
Website	U.S. Embassy - Bridgetown

The U.S. Government established an embassy in Grenada at St. George's on February 2, 1984. The U.S. Ambassador to Grenada is resident in Bridgetown, Barbados.

List of U.S. ambassadors to Grenada

The following is a list of U.S. ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Grenada. 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
Theodore R. Britton, Jr.[1]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 25, 1975	April 22, 1977	Gerald Ford
Frank V. Ortiz, Jr.[2]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 29, 1977	May 15, 1979	Jimmy Carter
Sally Shelton-Colby[3]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 23, 1979	February 24, 1981
Charles A. Gillespie	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	February 2, 1984	March 1984	Ronald Reagan
Loren E. Lawrence	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	March 1984	December 1984
Roy T. Haverkamp	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	December 1984	March 1986
John C. Leary	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	March 1986	January 9, 1987
	Chargé d'Affaires	January 9, 1987	May 1988
James Ford Cooper	Chargé d'Affaires	June 1988	January 1991
Annette T. Veler	Chargé d'Affaires	July 1991	July 1993	George H. W. Bush
Ollie P. Anderson, Jr.	Chargé d'Affaires	September 1993	September 1994	Bill Clinton
Dennis F. Carter	Chargé d'Affaires	December 1994	March 1995
Jeanette W. Hyde[4]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	April 4, 1995	January 31, 1998
E. William Crotty[4]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	January 30, 1999	October 10, 1999[5]
James A. Daley[4]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 17, 2000	March 1, 2001
Earl Norfleet Phillips[4]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	March 26, 2002	June 1, 2003	George W. Bush
Mary Kramer[4]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 5, 2004	October 30, 2006
Mary Martin Ourisman[4]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	January 18, 2007	January 16, 2009
Brent Hardt[4]	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	January 16, 2009	June 19, 2011[6]	[7]
Christopher Sandrolini[4]	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	June 19, 2011	May 22, 2012[6]
Larry Leon Palmer[4]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	June 28, 2012[8]	January 19, 2016	Barack Obama
Linda Swartz Taglialatela[4][9]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 3, 2016	December 27, 2023
Joaquin F. Monserrate	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	December 28, 2023	January 11, 2024	Joe Biden
Roger F. Nyhus	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 6, 2024	January 20, 2025	Joe Biden
Karin B. Sullivan	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	January 20, 2025	Incumbent	Donald Trump

See also

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