Bernadett Meehan

**Bernadette M. Meehan** ngummeli waseMelika lowasebenta njengeNdvuna yaseMelika eChile kusukela nga 2022 kuya ku 2025. Ubekwe kutsi abe ngumphatsi lomkhulu (CEO) weSisekelo seWikimedia, futsi utawutsatsa lendzima mhla tinge-20 Indlovana 2026, alandzela Maryana1] Iska. Ngaphambilini wasebenta njengesekela lamengameli lelikhulu letinhlelo temhlaba wonkhe te-Obama Foundation. Waphindze futsi wasebenta njengemkhulumeli weMkhandlu Wekuphepha Wavelonkhe waseMelika ngesikhatsi seKuphatsa kwa-Obama, futsi waba sikhulu seNkonzo Yemave Angaphandle neLitiko Lembuso iminyaka lengetulu kwelishumi.

## Imphilo yekucala kanye nemfundvo .
Meehan watalelwa eBronx, wakhulela ePleasantville, eNew York futsi waphumelela eSikolweni Lesisetulu SemaKatolika saseKennedy eSomers, eNew York .  Waphumelela eKholeji yaseBoston ngesicu sebuciko kutesayensi yetepolitiki . Ngemuva kwekucedza sikolo, wasebenta eWall Street, kwekucala eJPMorgan Chase wase usebenta eLehman Bazalwane .  Wabese ujoyina iNkonzo Yemave Angaphandle yaseMelika .   

## Umsebenti lokhetsiwe
Meehan wajoyina Litiko Lembuso laseMelika njengesikhulu seNkonzo Yemave Angaphandle nga 2004, futsi wacala umsebenti wakhe lomusha njengesikhulu semancusa eNdlunkhulu Yemancusa yaseMelika eBogotá, eColombia.  Wasindza ngesikhatsi athunjwa futsi ahlaselwa ngemadvodza lahlomile eBogotá nga April 2006. Lababili balabo labenta lokubi baboshwa futsi bagwetjwa iminyaka lelishumi ejele, kantsi lababili labenta lokubi abazange batfolakale.  

Wakhonta eColombia iminyaka lemibili ngaphambi kwekutsi atinikele e -Iraq . Wasebenta eNdlunkhulu yaseMelika eBaghdad kusukela nga-2006 kuya ku-2007 njengeSikhulu Semancusa, futsi tinyanga letinyenti wasebenta njengeMsiti Lokhetsekile weNdvuna Zalmay Khalilzad . 

Ngenyanga yeNyoni nga 2007, Meehan washiya i-Iraq wayofundzela si-Arabhu eSikhungweni Semisebenti Yemave Angaphandle seLitiko Lembuso eVirginia kute alungiselele luhambo lwakhe lolulandzelako njengesikhulu setindzaba temmango eNdlunkhulu Yembuso wase-US eDubai e- United Arab Emirates . 

Nga 2010 wabuyela eWashington, DC kuyosebenta njengeLitiko Lembuso "sikhulu semgca", achubela embili kuhamba kwaMabhalane Wembuso emaveni langesheya kwetilwandle. Wabese uba ngumsiti lokhetsekile waMabhalane Wembuso.  Nga 2012, Meehan waniketwa kabanti kuMkhandlu Wekuphepha Wavelonkhe wase White House (NSC) futsi nga 2014 waba ngumkhulumeli weMkhandlu Wekuphepha Wavelonkhe.

Meehan washiya i-NSC nga-2015 kute abe nguprofesa losekelako kanye nemhlali weLitiko Lembuso eNyuvesi yaseGeorgetown eSikhungweni Sekufundza Tebudlelwane Nemave Emhlaba eSikolweni sa-Edmund A. Walsh Semisebenti Yemave Angaphandle .  Wabitwa eNSC kutsi ayobuka kuhlelwa kweluhambo lwaMengameli Obama lolungumlandvo loluya eHavana, eCuba. Ngekusho kwe- *The New York Times*, kukhetsa kwakhe kulesikhundla kwakhombisa kubaluleka Mengameli lakubeka kuloluhambo kanye nesimo lesiyinkimbinkimbi sekuhlela loluhambo.  Wabese uhlala eWhite House njengeMeluleki Lomkhulu waMengameli Obama kwaze kwaba nguJanuwari 2017.

Ngenyanga yeNdlovana 2017, Meehan washiya iNkonzo Yemave Angaphandle kute ayosebenta njengesikhulu lesikhulu semhlaba wonkhe eSikhwameni sa-Obama .  Kulendzima, bekanemsebenti wekutfutfukisa nekugadza tonkhe tinhlelo temave emhlaba teSisekelo sa-Obama, kufaka ekhatsi Tifundziswa teSisekelo sa-Obama;  Luhlelo lwebaholi base-Afrika; Luhlelo lwebaholi lwase-Asia-Pacific;  kanye neluhlelo lweBaholi baseYurophu. Wagcina sekangumsekeli wamengameli lomkhulu wetinhlelo temhlaba wonkhe futsi waba lilunga lekomidi lelikhulu lesisekelo.

Meehan wasebenta ebhodini lebeluleki beSikhungo Sekufundzela Tebudlelwane Nemave Angaphandle saseNyuvesi yaseGeorgetown, ngaphakatsi kweSikolwa Semisebenti Yemave Angaphandle saseWalsh . 

### Lincusa laseMelika eChile

Ngenyanga yeNkhwenkhweti mhla tinge-9, 2021, Mengameli Joe Biden waphakamisa Meehan kutsi abe lincusa lelilandzelako laseMelika eChile .  Kulalelwa kwekuphakanyiswa kwakhe kwabanjelwa embikweKomidi Yebudlelwane Nemave Angaphandle yeSenate ngaMashi 15, 2022. Lelikomidi labika kahle kuphakanyiswa kwakhe ngaMay 18, 2022.  NgaJulayi 20, 2022, iSenate yaseMelika yacinisekisa kuphakanyiswa kwakhe ngevo1–4.  Wafungiswa mhla tinge-29 Indlovana 2022  futsi wetfula ticu takhe kuMengameli Gabriel Boric mhla tinge-30 Inyoni 2022. 

Njengelincusa, Meehan bekatiwa ngekulandzela kwetinsita tekuchumana letinkhulu   kanye nekutsandvwa bantfu baseChile. Wenta likhasi lekucala le *El Mercurio*, liphephandzaba lase Chile lelibhalwe phansi, ngesikhatsi acedza kugibela etulu ngemandla neMbutfo Lokhetsekile wase US nase Chile njengencenye yekuvivinya umtimba ngekuhlanganyela kwemasotja etive letinyenti iSouthern Star.  

Wanconywa ngemphumelelo leminyenti yekutsengisa kanye nekulawula lokufaka ekhatsi kuphasiswa kweSivumelwano Semtselo Se-US-Chile Kuyo yomibili i-US ne-Chile Senate ngemuva kweminyaka lengetulu kwelishumi alindzelwe e-US Senate;  simemetelo se-Google njengemtsengisi loholako we- Humboldt Cable, intsambo yekucala lengaphansi kwelwandle lehlanganisa iNingizimu Melika kanye nesigodzi sase-Asia-Pacific;  kanye nekubonisana ngencwadzi leseceleni yeSivumelwano Sekuhwebelana Lokukhululekile se-US-Chile levikela kufinyelela emakethe yekutfumela lubisi nenyama yase-US kusetjentiswa emagama lavamile.    

Ngesikhatsi saMeehan emafemu etimayini aseMelika nawo amemetela kunwebeka lokukhulu, kufaka ekhatsi lutjalomali lwetigidzigidzi letingu-$7.5 lwe -Freeport-McMoran etimayini telitfusi  kanye nekwandziswa kwe -Albemarle kwekukhipha nekucubungula i-lithium. 

Ngemuva kwelukhetfo lwaMengameli Donald Trump, Meehan wetfula sicelo sakhe sekwesula njengelincusa kusukela mhla tinge-10 Indlovana 2025, kulandzela lisiko lebantfu labakhetfwe kutepolitiki balamacembu omabili.  

### Umsebenti ngemuva kwekuba lincusa
Ngenyanga yeNgongoni mhlaka-9, 2025, Meehan wabekwa kutsi abe nguSikhulu Lesiphetse seSisekelo se-Wikimedia.  Utawutsatsa lendzima ngaJanuwari 20, 2026. 

## Imphilo yemuntfu sicu
Meehan ukhuluma siNgisi, siSpanishi nesi -Arabhu .  Ushade na Evan S. Medeiros, Sihlalo weMndeni waPenner eTifundvo tase-Asia eNyuvesi yaseGeorgetown eSikolweni Semisebenti Yemave Angaphandle saseNyuvesi yaseGeorgetown .
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