Gail D. Mathieu
# Gail D. Mathieu

Gail Dennise Thomas Mathieu (born 1951) is the former political advisor to the Commander, United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. She is the former United States Ambassador to Namibia and former United States Ambassador to Niger.

## Life and education

Mathieu is a native of New Jersey, but earned a B.A. degree from Antioch College. She returned to New Jersey and earned her J.D. degree from Rutgers University-Newark.

## Career

She was initially an assistant prosecutor for the city of Newark, New Jersey, but then began a career in the Foreign Service.

### Other diplomatic posts

* 2013-2015 – Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs for Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island Affairs
* 1999–2002 – Deputy Chief of Mission in Accra, Ghana
* 1997–1999 – Deputy Director of the Office of West African Affairs
* 1995–1997 – Deputy Director of the Office of Pacific Island Affairs
