# List of ambassadors of the United States to the Gambia

This is a list of United States ambassadors to the Gambia, the first of who was appointed on May 18, 1965, exactly three months after it attained independence from the United Kingdom.

## Ambassadors

| Name | Title | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission | Notes |
| Mercer Cook - Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 18, 1965 | August 9, 1965 | July 1, 1966 | |
| William R. Rivkin - Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 13, 1966 | January 16, 1967 | March 19, 1967 | Died in office |
| L. Dean Brown - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 18, 1967 | January 18, 1968 | August 15, 1970 | |
| G. Edward Clark - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 12, 1970 | November 24, 1970 | October 16, 1973 | |
| O. Rudolph Aggrey - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 23, 1973 | January 17, 1974 | July 10, 1977 | |
| Herman J. Cohen - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 24, 1977 | March 29, 1978 | July 21, 1980 | |
| Larry Gordon Piper - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 30, 1980 | August 21, 1980 | August 23, 1982 | |
| Owen W. Roberts | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | August 23, 1982 | | June 1983 | |
| P. Wesley Kriebel | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | July 1983 | | November 1983 | |
| Alan Logan | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | November 1983 | | April 1984 | |
| Edward Brynn | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | May 1984 | | June 20, 1984 | |
| Robert Thomas Hennemeyer - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 11, 1984 | June 20, 1984 | June 27, 1986 | |
| Herbert E. Horowitz - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 12, 1986 | October 24, 1986 | November 4, 1989 | |
| Jimmie Stone | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | November 4, 1989 | | January 1990 | |
| A. Donald Bramante | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | January 1990 | | December 31, 1990 | |
| Arlene Render - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 22, 1990 | December 31, 1990 | August 8, 1993 | |
| Andrew J. Winter - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 11, 1993 | October 29, 1993 | May 31, 1995 | |
| Gerald W. Scott - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 28, 1995 | February 16, 1996 | June 27, 1998 | |
| George Williford Boyce Haley - Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 29, 1998 | October 15, 1998 | July 14, 2001 | |
| Jackson McDonald - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 1, 2001 | November 29, 2001 | May 26, 2004 | |
| Joseph D. Stafford III - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 2, 2004 | September 15, 2004 | June 5, 2007 | |
| Barry L. Wells - Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 29, 2007 | February 13, 2008 | May 13, 2009 | |
| Pamela Ann White – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 1, 2010 | November 29, 2010 | June 2, 2012 | |
| Edward M. Alford – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 5, 2012 | November 5, 2012 | July 28, 2013 | |
| Patricia Alsup – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 15, 2015 | January 13, 2016 | September 18, 2018 | |
| Richard Carlton Paschall III - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 2, 2019 | April 9, 2019 | February 15, 2022 | |
| Sharon L. Cromer – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 18, 2021 | March 18, 2022 | present | |