country predecessor successor death_date birth_place president death_place ambassador_from birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name occupation
benin burkina faso wayne e. neill jeanine e. jackson james knight thomas dougherty 19 april 2013 matewan , west virginia , u.s. barack obama barack obama edison , new jersey , u.s. united states united states 20 june 1947 july 25 , 2006 august 4 , 2009 gayleatha b brown.jpg gayleatha b. brown
 2009 2010 gayleatha b. brown ambassador ,
gayleatha b. brown

gayleatha beatrice brown -lrb- june 20 , 1947 -- april 19 , 2013 -rrb- was a united states foreign service officer and ambassador .
she has served in several diplomatic posts during her career with the u.s. department of state including u.s. ambassador to benin .
president obama nominated brown for the ambassadorial post to burkina faso on july 2 , 2009 .
she was confirmed by the senate on august 4 .
