Robin Dunnigan, the new Ambassador of the United States to Georgia, has arrived in Tbilisi to assume duties, the US Embassy to Georgia confirmed on Thursday. 

Dunnigan, who is a carrier diplomat, will replace Kelly Degnan in the post. 

The new Ambassador served previously as Chargé d’Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission of the US Embassy in Austria from July 2018 to July 2021. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister Counselor, she joined the State Department in 1992. 

She also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Department of State’s Bureau of Energy Resources from August 2014 to August 2017. In this role, she directed the US energy diplomacy to ensure that energy resources were used to promote sustainable global economic growth and stability and strengthen US national security.

Dunnigan also served at US embassies in Vietnam, Chile, Turkey, Cuba and El Salvador, working extensively on trade and investment, energy, and sanctions issues, the Department of State said.