Alaina B. Teplitz
Alaina B. Teplitz is an American diplomat who served as the Assistant [Secretary of State for Administration|U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Administration] from 2021 to 2025. She also served as the List of [ambassadors of the United States to Sri Lanka and the Maldives|U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives] from 2018 to 2021 and the List of ambassadors of [the United States to Nepal|U.S. Ambassador to Nepal] from 2015 to 2018. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Career Minister, she joined the State Department in 1991 and is the recipient of numerous Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards.
Education
Teplitz holds a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from the Walsh School of Foreign Service and a Master's in Public Administration from Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs.Career
Teplitz was the Director of the Management Training Division at the State Department's Foreign Service Institute from 2007 to 2009. She served as the Deputy Executive Director of the Near East and South and Central Asia Bureau's joint executive office from 2009 to 2011, where she handled the South and Central Asia portfolio, including Afghanistan and Pakistan. She was Minister Counselor for Management at U.S. Embassy Kabul from 2011 to 2012. From 2012 to 2015, Teplitz held the Assistant-Secretary ranked position of Director of the Under Secretary for Management's Office of Policy, Rightsizing, and Innovation at the Department of State. Under her leadership, M/PRI found innovative ways to reform our bureaucracy and improve the way that our diplomatic service operates. Teplitz championed efforts to improve knowledge management, data use, and risk management.Previous assignments include Management Counselor in Dhaka, Bangladesh and deputy director of the Joint Administrative Services supporting three U.S. Missions – the U.S. Mission to NATO, the U.S. Mission to the European Union, and the Embassy to the Kingdom of Belgium – in Brussels, Belgium. Her previous posts also include: Ulaanbaatar, Tirana, and Sydney.