Ambassador Greta C. Holtz

Ambassador (ret.) Greta C. Holtz joined Amideast in August 2023, following 35 years as a career diplomat. She served as the U.S. Ambassador to Oman from 2012 to 2015, the Chargé d'affaires in Qatar from 2020-2021, and ran the Provincial Reconstruction Team program in Iraq.

Additional postings included Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Tunisia, Syria, and Turkey,

Ambassador Holtz’s experience working at the Department of Defense as Chancellor of the College of International Security Affairs at the National Defense University, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, and Senior U.S. Coordinator for Operations Allies Refuge (OAR) in Doha, Qatar, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communications in the NEA Bureau.

Ambassador Holtz served as the Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Commanding General of the U.S. Special Operations Command, providing strategic guidance for special operations missions worldwide.

Ambassador Holtz holds a BS in Political Science from Vanderbilt University, an MS in International Relations from the University of Kentucky's Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, and an MS in National Security Studies from the National War College.

She is the recipient of numerous State Department awards, as well as awards from the Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency. She is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, on the Board of Advisors for Spirit of America, and a member of the Board of Directors for The Marshall Legacy Institute. Ambassador Holtz is a non-resident Distinguished Fellow at the University of South Florida’s Global and National Security Institute and is a distinguished graduate of University of Kentucky’s Patterson School of International relations and Commerce.