Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
Brigid Otieno is a political-coned Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. Department of State and currently serves on the Executive Secretariat Staff in the Office of the Secretary of State. She plans and prepares the Secretary of State’s domestic and international travel, as well as reviews briefing materials in support of the Secretary and other senior-level principals on U.S. foreign policy issues. Prior to her current assignment, Ms. Otieno worked at U.S. Embassy Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, covering bilateral counterterrorism policy, countering violent extremism programs, and security cooperation. Prior to this role, she served as a Consular Officer at U.S. Embassy Rome, Italy; in this position, she adjudicated non-immigrant visas and worked on issues related to welfare and protection of U.S. citizens, the issuance of passports, and treaty trader and investor visas. Ms. Otieno is the recipient of three Department of State Meritorious Honor Awards and the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program. She was a 2009 Fulbright Grantee to South Korea where she taught high school English. Ms. Otieno has previously worked at the National Institutes of Health and the National Democratic Institute. She received her B.A. in international affairs from Trinity University and her M.A. in international affairs from American University’s School of International Service. She speaks Italian and Arabic and has studied Korean. She calls Washington, D.C. home.