A career member of the U.S. Department of State Senior Foreign Service, April Wells’ 20-year diplomatic career has spanned steady state and crisis-related risk analysis, policy and strategy formulation, trade promotion and advocacy, and strategic communications in the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, and Washington.

Her previous international service has included leadership roles in the U.S. diplomatic missions to the Afghanistan, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Republic of India, the Republic of Iraq, the Republic of South Africa, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Her Washington service has included work in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, the U.S. Senate, and the State Department Operations Center within the Office of the Secretary of State.

Ms. Wells holds degrees from Howard University in Washington, DC, the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA, and the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy. She is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Most importantly, she is the proud aunt of three amazing nieces.

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