Hear from the Diplomat in Residence/Recruiter for Mid-Atlantic Region, Stephanie Hutchison, about IT-related career paths with the U.S. Department of State. This Industry Meet Up is part of our Technology | Data | Analytics spring Career Community week. Check out all events at TDA Career Community Week.

Stephanie Hutchison is the Diplomat in Residence for the Mid-Atlantic Region, covering North Carolina and Virginia. Prior to assuming this role, she served as the Economic Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Accra, Ghana, advancing bilateral trade and investment ties and working to improve the business climate for U.S. companies.
Stephanie has also worked in the Economic Sections of the U.S. Embassies in Lisbon, Portugal, and Rabat, Morocco. Her focus in these countries was largely on energy, climate, and ICT issues. During a two-year tour at the State Department in Washington, D.C, she covered U.S.-Turkish economic relations in the Office of Southern European Affairs.
Outside the economic sphere, Stephanie has served as a Consular Officer in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and as a Political Officer in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.   
Prior to joining the Foreign Service in 2006, Stephanie worked for an IT market research firm and an environmental consulting company.  She holds a master's degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a Bachelor of Arts from Colby College.  She speaks French, some Portuguese, and a few words of Swahili.