Susan S. Jacobs

{{Short description|American diplomat}}

{{BLP one source|date=October 2010}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Susan Jacobs

|office = Special Advisor for Children's Issues

|president = Barack Obama

|term_start = September 30, 2011

|term_end =

|predecessor = Position established

|successor =

|office1 = United States Ambassador to the Solomon Islands

|president1 = George W. Bush

|term_start1 = December 4, 2000

|term_end1 = August 1, 2003

|predecessor1 = Arma Karaer

|successor1 = Robert Fitts

|office2 = United States Ambassador to Vanuatu

|president2 = George W. Bush

|term_start2 = November 29, 2000

|term_end2 = August 1, 2003

|predecessor2 = Arma Karaer

|successor2 = Robert Fitts

|office3 = United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea

|president3 = George W. Bush

|term_start3 = November 7, 2000

|term_end3 = August 1, 2003

|predecessor3 = Arma Karaer

|successor3 = Robert Fitts

|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1945}}

|birth_place =

|death_date =

|death_place =

|alma_mater = University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Georgetown University
George Washington University

}}

Susan S. Jacobs is the first person to fill the newly created role of Special Advisor for International Children's Issues. This new foreign policy position and assignment for Jacobs was created by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and announced on July 1, 2010.

Jacobs has previously served as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs. A former U.S. Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, she also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Global Issues in the Bureau of Legislative Affairs. Her Foreign Service career has also included tours in Caracas, Tel Aviv, New Delhi, Bucharest, and San Salvador.

Jacobs graduated from the University of Michigan and later studied at Georgetown University Law School and the George Washington University. She has received the Department of State's Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards, and the U.S. Embassy New Delhi's Community Achievement Award.{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/07/143892.htm |title=Secretary Clinton Designates Special Advisor for International Children's Issues |publisher=US Department of State |author=state.gov |date=2010-07-01 |accessdate=2010-10-21}}