Natalie A. Baker assumed the duties of Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, in August 2024.  From August 2021 to July 2024, Natalie served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Doha, Qatar.  Prior to this, she served as Director of the Office of North African Affairs in the State Department’s Near Eastern Affairs Bureau.

Natalie has previously served as Deputy Chief and Charge d’Affaires, a.i. of the U.S. Mission to Libya, Deputy Director of the Iran Regional Presence Office at the U.S. Consulate in Dubai, and Economic Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait. In Kuwait, Natalie worked with the Department of Defense to support the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.

From 2009-2011, Natalie served as Political and Economic Counselor in Libya, as the bilateral relationship was normalizing after a nearly 30-year pause. She remained in Libya until the Libyan Revolution forced the U.S. Embassy to evacuate in February 2011.

Natalie’s previous other assignments included Special Assistant in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Consular Officer in Islamabad, Pakistan, and Cultural Officer in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Natalie holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Princeton University and a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Harvard University. She is a 2017 Distinguished Graduate of the National War College, National Defense University of the United States of America.