Andrew Confirmed As US Ambassador To Costa
Rica
Anne Slaughter Andrew, the US ambassador to
Costa Rica was confirmed by the United
States Senate last week.
On January 23, 2009, U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton announced the appointment of
Slaughter as the new Director of Policy
Planning under the Obama administration. At
the State Department, Slaughter was the
co-leader of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and
Development Review.
On October 15 President Obama announced his
intent to nominate Anne Slaughter Andrew to
be the next Ambassador to Costa Rica.
Andrew graduated from Georgetown University
with a Bachelor of Arts and received her
Juris Doctorate from Indiana University
School of Law-Indianapolis, where she served
as Editor in-Chief of the Indiana Law
Review.
According to a White House press release,
Andrew has been actively engaged with
conservation and environmental
organizations, at the state and national
level, including The Sierra Club and the
Indiana Natural Resources Foundation. Andrew
has worked with The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
since 1995, serving as an Indiana Trustee,
and as a member of the TNC President's
National Advisory Council. Andrew also
served as Special Counsel and Director for
TNC in Arlington, Virginia. In her
professional and community work, Andrew is
experienced in creating, building and
managing public policy initiatives in the
environmental and clean energy arena.
Anne Slaughter Andrew’s husband is Indiana
Democrat and superdelegate, Joe Andrew, who
was formerly a National Chair of the
Democratic National Committee, and also
Chair of the 2004 Democratic National
Convention in Boston. According to the
Frugal Hoosiers, Mr. Andrew made a big to-do
about switching his endorsement from Hillary
Clinton to Barack Obama in the days leading
up to the Indiana primary. The Andrews have
two school-age children, Meredith and Will.
According to Diplopundit.com, AFSA records
indicate that 11 of the 17 ambassadors
appointed to Costa Rica since 1960 had been
non-career, political appointees.
Before you get all excited about this being
another "cushy" post, here is what the IG
said about Costa Rica not too long ago:
Costa Rica is in many ways a pleasant place
to live and work, but it is not free of
problems. The gap between expectations and
the reality of living and working in Costa
Rica is a primary factor in relatively low
mission morale. One American said, “Costa
Rica is perceived as being this vacation
paradise, when in fact, it is difficult to
live here, not to mention expensive.” Well,
there you go. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Andrew replaces Peter Cianchette, a Maine
businessman and former Republican
gubernatorial candidate who was appointed US
ambassador to San José in 2008.
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