Simonds Dhanani, a career member of the Foreign Service, class of Counselor, and currently serves as the US Consul General in
Vancouver, Canada. Previously, she served as Director of the Office of Regional and Security Affairs in the Bureau of African Affairs in the Department of State, a position she held between 2013 and 2017. Dhanani served as Consul General at the U.S. Consulate in
Hyderabad,
India from 2010 to 2013 and was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in
Harare,
Zimbabwe from 2007 to 2010 as well as at the U.S. Embassy in
Libreville,
Gabon from 2005 to 2007. Additionally, she was the Political and Economic Section Chief at the U.S. Embassy in
Lusaka,
Zambia from 2002 to 2005 and Economic Section Chief at the U.S. Embassy in
Kinshasa,
Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1999 to 2002. She was an Economic Officer at the U.S. Embassy in
Mexico City,
Mexico from 1998 to 1999 as well as in the Office of Mexican Affairs at the Department of State from 1996 to 1998. Prior to this, she served as Staff Assistant in the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs at the Department of State, as Consular Officer at the U.S. Embassy in
Brazzaville,
Republic of the Congo and as Economic Officer at the U.S. Embassy in
Georgetown,
Guyana. She was also Assistant Planner for the City of
Sacramento in California and a lecturer at
Grinnell College in Iowa. ==See also==