Jean Elizabeth Manes

Manes is a native of Pompano Beach, Florida. Her parents, Roger and Betty Manes, built a family business.[http://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/120115_Manes_Testimony.pdf Manes testimony] U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, December 1, 2015 Manes attended Highlands Christian Academy through high school, graduating in 1988.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160603195141/http://highlandschristian.org/2016/01/29/hca-congratulates-graduate-jean-manes-class-of-1988-named-as-u-s-ambassador-to-the-republic-of-el-salvador/ HCA Congratulates Graduate Jean Manes (Class Of 1988), Named As U. S. Ambassador To The Republic Of El Salvador] HCA, January 29, 2016 She attended Liberty University as an undergraduate, where she played volleyball and coached the men's club volleyball team. She earned her bachelor's degree in Foreign Policy there in 1992.[https://2009-2017.state.gov/m/dghr/coc/2015/249306.htm Manes, Jean Elizabeth - Republic of El Salvador - November 2015] U.S. Department of State, November 2015

Manes began her career in Washington, D.C. She accepted an internship with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chaired by Claiborne Pell, and worked for the U.S. Information Agency in Washington, D.C. from 1992 to 1999. During that time, she also attended American University, where she earned a Master's in Public Administration in 1996. Her subsequent assignments in the Foreign Service included ones at U.S. embassies in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Montevideo, Uruguay; Ponta Delgada-Azores, Portugal; and Brasilia, Brazil.

Manes served as Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan from 2012 to 2013, and then accepted a short assignment in Ft. Lauderdale as deputy director of the State Department's Florida Regional Center. She later served as Principal Deputy Coordinator at the Bureau of International Information Programs.

In October 2015, President Barack Obama nominated Manes to become U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, and she was confirmed by the Senate in December 2015.[http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/senate-confirms-bevy-of-u.s.-ambassadors/article/2578027 Senate confirms bevy of U.S. ambassadors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821071202/http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/senate-confirms-bevy-of-u.s.-ambassadors/article/2578027 |date=August 21, 2016 }} The Washington Examiner, December 9, 2015 She served as ambassador until July 31, 2019.

On May 26, 2021, it was announced that Manes had been designated as Chargé d'affaires ad interim to the Republic of El Salvador.{{Cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/appointment-of-ambassador-jean-manes-to-serve-as-charge-daffaires-to-the-republic-of-el-salvador/|title = Appointment of Ambassador Jean Manes to serve as Chargé d'affaires to the Republic of el Salvador}} She left the post in November 2021 after indicating that she believed the government of El Salvador was not interested in relations with the United States.{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-official-says-el-salvador-relations-paused-lack-interest-2021-11-22/ |title=U.S. official says El Salvador relations 'paused' for lack of interest |first=Nelson |last=Renteria |website=Reuters |date=November 22, 2021 |access-date=June 20, 2022}}

On January 3, 2023, President Joe Biden nominated Manes to be the ambassador to Colombia.{{Cite web |last=The White House |date=January 3, 2023 |title=President Biden Announces Key Nominees |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/03/president-biden-announces-key-nominees-35/ |access-date=January 4, 2023 |website=The White House |language=en-US}} Her nomination expired on January 3, 2024, while pending before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and was not resubmitted.{{cite web |title=PN50 — Jean Elizabeth Manes — Department of State 118th Congress (2023-2024) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/118th-congress/50?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22manes%22%2C%22manes%22%5D%7D&s=4&r=1 |website=US Congress |access-date=4 January 2023}}

Manes appointed Chargé d'affaires ad interim to Unesco in February 2024.https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanmanes?trk=organization_guest_main-feed-card_feed-actor-name

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