Gayleatha B. Brown

Gayleatha Beatrice Brown is a United States foreign service officer and ambassador. She has served in several diplomatic posts during her career with the U.S. Department of State including U.S. ambassador to Benin and Burkina Faso. President Obama nominated Brown for the ambassadorial post to Burkina Faso on July 2, 2009. She was confirmed by the Senate on August 4. Brown was educated in the Red Jacket Elementary School, Matewan Elementary and Hi... More

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