Speeches
Deputy Chief of Mission
Timothy Zuniga-Brown
Timothy Zuniga-Brown has served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Nassau since July, 2008. Previously he served as the Team Leader of an embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team based in the Rashid District of Southern Baghdad. The interagency civil-military team, embedded with the U.S. Army's 4th Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division, helped improve local government and fostered economic growth in the district in support of the U.S. and Iraqi government's counter-insurgency strategy. Prior to this, he was Deputy Coordinator for Cuban Affairs in the Department of State. In that position he played an important role in helping further U.S. policies in support of democracy and human rights.
Other Foreign Service postings have included Political/Economic Counselor in Wellington, New Zealand and political officer assignments in Lima, Peru; Pretoria, South Africa; and Havana, Cuba. Early in his Foreign Service career, Mr. Zuniga-Brown also served as Vice Consul in Panama City, Panama and Durban, South Africa. He has also served as deputy director in the Office of Southern European Affairs and as desk officer for the South Pacific island nations.
Mr. Zuniga-Brown is married to the former Christine Krause and they have one daughter, Caitlin. He is a graduate of American University and the National War College.
Tim Zuniga-Brown is a native of Nevada.