Ambassador

Biography

Philip S. Goldberg

Philip S. Goldberg presented his credentials to Bolivian President Evo Morales Ayma on October 13, 2006.    

Ambassador Goldberg served most recently as Chief of Mission in Pristina, Kosovo (2004-2006).  His previous post was Deputy Chief of Mission at Embassy Santiago (2001-2004).

Ambassador Goldberg, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, served from January-June 2001 as acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs.  He came to that position after having been a senior member of the State Department team handling the transition from the Clinton to Bush Administrations.

Mr. Goldberg served as Special Assistant (1996-1998) and then Executive Assistant (1998-2000) to Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott.  From 1994-96 Mr. Goldberg was the Department’s Bosnia Desk Officer and a Special Assistant to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke.  In the latter capacity, he was a member of the American negotiating team in the lead-up to the Dayton Peace Conference and Chief of Staff for the American Delegation at Dayton.

Mr. Goldberg has served overseas as a consular and political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá and political-economic officer in Pretoria.

Before joining the Foreign Service, Mr. Goldberg worked for several years as a liaison officer between the City of New York and the United Nations and consular community.  Mr. Goldberg is a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and a graduate of Boston University. 

He speaks Spanish.