Earl Anthony Wayne

Earl Wayne
United States Ambassador to Mexico
In office September 6, 2011 – July 31, 2015
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Carlos Pascual
Succeeded by	Roberta S. Jacobson
United States Ambassador to Argentina
In office January 19, 2007 – April 6, 2009
President	George W. Bush Barack Obama
Preceded by	Lino Gutierrez
Succeeded by	Vilma Martínez
Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs
In office June 1, 2000 – June 3, 2006
President	Bill Clinton George W. Bush
Preceded by	Alan Larson
Succeeded by	Dan Sullivan
Personal details
Born	1950 (age 73–74) Sacramento, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley Stanford University Princeton University Harvard University

Earl Anthony Wayne (born 1950) is an American diplomat. Formerly Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, Ambassador to Argentina and Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan, Wayne served nearly four years as Ambassador to Mexico. He was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate in August, 2011.^[1] He departed Mexico City for Washington July 31, 2015 and retired from the State Department on September 30, 2015. Wayne attained the highest rank in the U.S. diplomatic service: Career Ambassador. He is currently a Professorial Lecturer and Distinguished Diplomat in Residence at American University's School of International Service where he teaches courses related to diplomacy and US foreign policy. Wayne also works with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,^[2] the Atlantic Council,^[3] the Center for Strategic and International Studies,.^[4] Wayne is co-chair of the Mexico Institute's Advisory Board at the Wilson Center. He is also on the board of the American Academy of Diplomacy and the Public Diplomacy Council of America. Wayne is an independent consultant, speaker and writer and works with several not-for-profit professional associations. He was an adviser for HSBC Latin America on improving management of financial crime risk from 2015 until 2019 and served on the board of the American Foreign Service Association from 2017 to 2019.