Cathleen Carothers

MAY 1999 J.D., UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

Activities: Member of KU Law Review (published article on the juvenile death penalty), member of KU's Jessup International Moot court team (competing regionally and internationally), research assistant for Professor John Head, president of International Law Society

Note: Since joining State, I have made several presentations to KU Law and the KU Honors Program about the Foreign Service and employment opportunities at the Department of State.

MAY 1995 B.A., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Majors: Classics (Latin and Foreign Affairs) Minor: Classics (Ancient Greek)

Activities: Recipient of Intermediate Honors, tutor to elementary school children, President of Alpha Delta Pi (social sorority), recipient of ADPi's Dorothy Shaw Leadership Award, inductee of order of Omega (Greek leadership society}, member of Phi Sigma Pi national honor fraternity

MAY 1991 DIPLOMA, LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL

Activities: Inductee of National Honor Society, Girl Scout and Gold Award recipient, youth member of Girl Scout national board of directors committee, member of Meadowlark 4-H Club, member of Plymouth Congregational Church including the bell choir and youth group

EXPERIENCE

SEPTEMBER 1999 - MARCH 2000 RESEARCH ATTORNEY, KANSAS COURT OF APPEALS

FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

• Jun 2000 -Aug 2002 Vice Consul, U.S. Embassy Bridgetown

• Sep 2002 - May 2003 Greek Language Student, Foreign Service Institute

• Jun 2003 - Jul 2005 Vice Consul (2003-04) and Economic Officer (2004-05), U.S. Embassy Athens

• Aug 2005 - Jul 2007 Foreign Affairs Officer Economic and Development Affairs Office of the International Organizations Bureau

• Aug 2007 - Jul 2009 Attorney Advisor, Visa Office in the Consular Affairs Bureau Aug 2009 - Jul 2012 Immigrant Visa Chief, Consulate General Mumbai

• Note: In June 2010, served as acting visa chief at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen. In January 2011, assisted with the evacuation of U.S. citizens from Cairo during Arab spring.

• Aug 2012 -Aug 2014 Regional Consular Officer, U.S. Embassy Cairo (2012-13) and Consulate General

• Frankfurt (2103-14)

• Sep 2014 -Aug 2107 Management Analyst, Executive Office of the Consular Affairs Bureau Sep 2017 - May 2018 Advanced Greek Language Student, Foreign Service Institute

• 2019 - 2021 Consul General, U.S. Embassy Athens

Duties: Chief of the Consular Section, overseeing all visa and U.S. citizen services, supervising staff