# List of ambassadors of the United States to Jamaica

This is a list of United States ambassadors to Jamaica. The U.S. Embassy is located in Jamaica's capital, Kingston, and was established there on August 16, 1962.

## Ambassadors

| Name | Background | Title | Appointment | Presentation of credentials | Termination of mission |
| Irving G. Cheslaw | Non-career appointee | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | August 16, 1962 | Unknown | November 1962 |
| William C. Doherty | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 23, 1962 | November 26, 1962 | Left post, April 25, 1964 |
| Wilson T. M. Beale Jr. | Foreign Service officer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 1, 1965 | October 13, 1965 | Left post, October 22, 1967 |
| Walter N. Tobriner | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 7, 1967 | December 11, 1967 | Left post, March 21, 1969 |
| Vincent de Roulet | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 19, 1969 | October 23, 1969 | Left post, July 18, 1973 |
| Sumner Gerard | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 22, 1974 | June 4, 1974 | Left post, April 15, 1977 |
| Frederick Irving | Foreign Service officer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 26, 1977 | July 18, 1977 | Left post, November 22, 1978 |
| Loren E. Lawrence | Foreign Service officer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 23, 1979 | April 12, 1979 | Left post, July 9, 1982 |
| William Alexander Hewitt | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 30, 1982 | November 1, 1982 | Left post, October 14, 1985 |
| Michael Sotirhos | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 28, 1985 | November 12, 1985 | Left post, July 7, 1989 |
| Glen A. Holden | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 10, 1989 | November 21, 1989 | Left post, March 1, 1993 |
| Lacy A. Wright, Jr. | | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | March 1, 1993 | | November 4, 1994 |
| J. Gary Cooper | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 5, 1994 | November 4, 1994 | Left post, November 27, 1997 |
| Stanley Louis McLelland | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 12, 1997 | February 6, 1998 | Left post March 1, 2001 |
| Sue McCourt Cobb | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 20, 2001 | September 12, 2001 | February 1, 2005 |
| Brenda LaGrange Johnson | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 12, 2005 | November 15, 2005 | January 20, 2009 |
| Pamela E. Bridgewater | Foreign Service officer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 9, 2010 | November 3, 2010 | November 25, 2013 |
| Luis G. Moreno | Foreign Service officer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 20, 2014 | January 13, 2015 | June 30, 2017 |
| Eric Khant | Foreign Service officer | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | June 30, 2017 | | July 16, 2019 |
| Donald R. Tapia | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 24, 2019 | September 11, 2019 | January 20, 2021 |
| John McIntyre | Foreign Service officer | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | January 20, 2021 | | May 13, 2022 |
| N. Nick Perry | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 10, 2022 | May 13, 2022 | January 20, 2025 |
| Amy Tachco | Foreign Service officer | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | January 20, 2025 | | Incumbent |