Martin Brennan, presently the ambassador to Zambia, has been named a Diplomat in Residence at UNM for the 2005-06 academic year. Brennan has been a member of the Foreign Service since 1976, serving in Washington, Uganda, Rwanda, Burkina Faso, Taiwan and Portugal.
"Ambassador Brennan brings with him a wealth of experience and will be a valuable resource for the students, staff and faculty at the University of New Mexico," wrote Robyn Hinson-Jones, coordinator, Diplomat in Residence Program, United States Department of State.
Brennan is a native Californian, born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area. He is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister Counselor. Mr. Brennan joined the Foreign Service in 1976 as a Political Officer and has served in Rwanda, Burkina Faso, Taiwan, Portugal, Thailand, Ethiopia, and Uganda.
In his overseas assignments, he carried out responsibilities in the political, commercial, labor, consular, refugee, and public affairs fields. His refugee duties took him to Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. He served on detail to the World Affairs Council of Northern California as Director of Programs.
As Acting Director in the Office of Southern African Affairs in the State Department, he was active in the Angolan and Mozambican peace processes. Between 1999 and 2002, Mr. Brennan served as Ambassador to Uganda. He is the recipient of two Department of State Superior Honor and five Meritorious Honor awards. In 2003, he received a Senior Foreign Service Performance Pay Award.
Brennan holds a Master’s degree from The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (1976) and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley (1971). He is fluent in French, Italian and Portuguese and reasonably fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920
Posted by scarr at May 3, 2005 04:31 PM