Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.
Christopher Lambert
Christopher Lambert, the new Deputy Chief of Mission for the United States Embassy in Santo Domingo, is a 22-year veteran of the Foreign Service. His prior assignment was Acting Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia. During his Foreign Service career, Mr. Lambert has served abroad in Mexico City, Mexico; Vancouver, Canada; Rio de Janiero, Brazil; Lima, Peru (twice); Havana, Cuba; and Sao Paolo, Brazil. He has also served at the Department of State in Washington, DC, and at the Florida Regional Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, travelling extensively in the Caribbean and Central America.
Prior to joining the Department of State, Mr. Lambert worked for the United States Department of Agriculture, was a consultant to USAID on the Caribbean Basin Initiative, and was a Peace Corps volunteer. Mr. Lambert is the recipient of the Department’s Superior Honor and Meritorious Honor Awards.
He is married to Veronica Lambert, and they have two children. He speaks Spanish and Portuguese.