Kristina Kvien

Kristina Kvien
United States Ambassador to Armenia
Incumbent
Assumed office February 21, 2023
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Lynne M. Tracy
United States Chargé d’Affaires to Ukraine
In office January 1, 2020 – May 29, 2022
President	Donald Trump Joe Biden
Preceded by	William B. Taylor Jr. (acting)
Succeeded by	Bridget A. Brink
In office May 28, 2019 – June 18, 2019
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Joseph Pennington (acting)
Succeeded by	William B. Taylor Jr. (acting)
Personal details
Education	Occidental College (BA) United States Army War College (MS)

Kristina A. Kvien is an American diplomat who has served as United States ambassador to Armenia since February 2023. She previously served as United States chargé d’affaires to Ukraine from May to June 2019 and from January 2020 to May 2022. From June 2019 to January 2020, she was deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of the United States in Kyiv.