Today, we recognize the exemplary service of all our Locally Employed Staff and Foreign Service Nationals. Among the things I’m most grateful for is having worked with all of you over the last three years!

I stopped by the USAID Mongolia funded BEST programme office in the South Gobi. Entrepreneurs from across the region, like Tsogbayar, travel hundreds of kilometers to meet w/business development advisors. There was a line of folks waiting to meet the BEST Team! Impressive work!

It was such a privilege for me to meet with the Peace Corps Mongolia team!! They're excited about the return of the Peace Corps Volunteers, and I'm thrilled about that too.

Really great to see the hard work Хөөрхөн Зулзага and volunteers from the @USEmbMongolia are doing to improve the lives of animals in Ulaanbaatar! Learn more about "Huurhun Zulzaga" here: ow.ly/nv4p50KoS7q

Journalism and independent media are the cornerstones of #Mongolia's democracy! With an empowered media ecosystem, journalists can fulfill their watchdog role – holding those in positions of power accountable.

Welcome back to #Mongolia Peace Corps trainees and volunteers!

My first day on the job and I got to join the youngest members of our embassy family at a Halloween party! @USEmbMongolia works hard and still has fun! Grateful to be on the team. 🎃👻

Great to see former DCM Greg sharing Hongkonger treats! US Con HK & Macau

Started my Mongolian language lessons this week, starting with all the letters of the alphabet. It’s true leaning a foreign language gets harder with age but I’m still smiling 😊

Thank you Буянжаргалын Болороо for speaking to us! Very proud of the work you are doing to ensure disability rights and accessibility for all Mongolians.

You can do it European Union Ambassador to Mongolia, make it to all 21! (I'm sitting at 17 right now).

Thank you Keegan Gupta 3700 times for capturing this beautiful moment. #MongolianMike

The role of men and boys is critical to ending gender-based violence. The U.S. calls on all people to stand up and speak out against #GBV. #16DaysofActivism

So, this is apparently how seabuckthorn berries are harvested in Mongolia and a lot of things are making sense to me now ...

I am humbled and grateful to serve as the 21st Director of the Peace Corps at this pivotal moment in history. I love this agency, our mission, and the amazing global community that comes together every day, across difference, to work for our shared future.

Thirty-six years ago on this day, January 27, 🇺🇸 and 🇲🇳 established diplomatic relations. Let’s make this the year of the U.S.-Mongolia relationship, a year to invest in Mongolia’s democratic traditions and deepen ties with democratic partners.

Great read about Mongolia's deer stones and two archaeologists studying them, Fitzhugh and Bayarsaikhan, in Smithsonian Magazine smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national…

So cool seeing a member of the Foreign Service back in Mongolia and hearing about all the things that have changed as well as stayed the same!

Had a fun time celebrating the 4th of July a few days early with AmChamRwanda. Grateful for the partnership with AmCham Rwanda building greater prosperity for the American and Rwandan people.