Laura Stone

Stone obtained her Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University and her Master of Philosophy from Oxford University.{{cite web |title=President Biden Announces Key Nominees |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/07/11/president-biden-announces-key-nominees-50/ |website=The White House |access-date=4 August 2023 |date=11 July 2023}}

Stone is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, with the rank of Minister-Counselor. Currently, she serves as the Deputy Coordinator of the Secretary of State’s Office of COVID Response and Health Security.

Previously, Stone was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Maldives. She also served in the office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, as well as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mongolia. She worked in places like Beijing, Bangkok, Tokyo, and Hanoi. Other assignments in the State Department include roles in the Bureau of Public Affairs, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs.

Stone also worked in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

On July 11, 2023, President Joe Biden nominated Stone to be the U.S. ambassador to the Marshall Islands. Her nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 2, 2024.{{cite web |title=PN833 — Laura Stone — Department of State 118th Congress (2023-2024) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/118th-congress/833?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22stone%22%5D%7D&s=1&r=1 |website=US Congress |access-date=5 August 2023}} She arrived in Majuro on July 9 and presented her credentials to President Hilda Heine on July 12.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-16 |title=Strengthening Ties: U.S. Ambassador Laura Stone Presents Credentials to the Marshall Islands |url=https://mh.usembassy.gov/strengthening-ties-u-s-ambassador-laura-stone-presents-credentials-to-the-marshall-islands/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=U.S. Embassy in the Republic of the Marshall Islands |language=en-US}}

Stone has received several State Department awards, such as the Cordell Hull Award.

Stone speaks Chinese. She is married to Office of China Coordination chief Mark Baxter Lambert.{{cite web |title=Mark Baxter Lambert |url=https://www.state.gov/biographies/mark-baxter-lambert/ |publisher=State Department}}

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