Geraldine Byrne Nason
Ambassador of Ireland to the United States
Geraldine Byrne Nason assumed her role as Ireland’s 19th Ambassador to the United States in August 2022. Geraldine was Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations in New York (2017-22). Previously, she served as Ambassador to France, Second Secretary General in the Department of the Taoiseach (Prime Minister), Ambassador and Ireland’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU, and Director of the National Forum on Europe. During her career, Ambassador Byrne Nason has served in Brussels, New York, Paris, Vienna and Helsinki. As Second Secretary-General in the Department of the Taoiseach from 2011-2014, she was the highest ranking female public servant in Ireland. During that period, she also was Secretary General of Ireland’s Economic Management Council.
