Kimberly Harrington, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, is Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Diplomacy in the Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR) with a global portfolio advancing U.S. energy security, energy access, and decarbonization goals. Prior to this assignment, Kim was most recently Director for Israel and Palestinian Affairs at the National Security Council. Previously, she was Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Governance and Access in ENR. She served as Political and Economic Counselor in Kampala, including five months as acting Deputy Chief of Mission. She also served as Deputy Economic Counselor in Bogota covering energy and mining issues. Since joining the Foreign Service in 2002, Kim has also served in overseas assignments in Manila, Cairo, Tripoli, and Jerusalem. At the State Department, she worked as a staff assistant in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. During a detail at the Pentagon, Kim worked as a Middle East advisor in the Joint Staff’s office of Strategic Plans and Policy throughout the Arab Spring. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Kim received a Fulbright scholarship to Jordan. She was also an assistant producer for the Sunday morning political talk show The McLaughlin Group. Kim received a B.S. in International Politics from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service and studied abroad at the American University in Cairo. She received a master’s degree in National Security and Resource Strategy with a focus on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies at the National Defense University. She speaks Arabic, Spanish, and Tagalog and is a 2004 recipient of the Matilda W. Sinclaire Award for excellence in the study of a hard language and its associated culture.