Lisa Vickers

DCM LIsa Vickers

Lisa Vickers arrived in Lilongwe on July 11, 2010 as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy.  She is a career member of the U.S. Foreign Service, having joined the Department of State in 1990.  Most recently, Lisa was a State Department Fellow at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University for the academic year 2009-2010. 

Lisa was Principal Officer and Consul at the U.S. Consulate General in Edinburgh, Scotland from 2006-2009.  She has previously served as Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate in Merida, Mexico and as Consul General, US Embassy Kyiv, Ukraine.  Other postings include assignments at the U.S. Embassies in Warsaw, Poland; Helsinki, Finland; Suva, Fiji; and, Mexico City, Mexico.  

Lisa has received the Department of State Superior Honor Award, Meritorious Honor Awards and the Franklin Award.  She speaks Spanish, and has studied Polish and Finnish.  Lisa received a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California in 1986.  She also studied at Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom for the academic year 1984-85.  Lisa is married to Adrian Wilkes.