Linda Thomas-Greenfield is serving on President Joe Biden’s cabinet as ambassador to the United Nations. She was confirmed in late February 2021.
Thomas-Greenfield has spent the majority of her career as a civil servant in Foreign Service. She served as Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs from 2013 to 2017.
Who is Lafayette Masteen-Greenfield, husband of Linda Thomas-Greenfield?
Linda Thomas-Greenfield is married to Lafayette Masteen Greenfield, and the couple have a son, Lafayette Greenfield II, and a daughter, Lindsay Greenfield. Thomas-Greenfield’s husband, Lafayette Greenfield, was also dedicated to civil service. They both spent their careers working for the State Department as Foreign Service Officers.
Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield was a 2010 inductee into the Louisiana State University Alumni Association Hall of Distinction and an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters Honoris Causa from Cuttington University in Liberia in 2011.
The commitment to public service appears to run in the family. Thomas-Greenfield met her husband, Lafayette Masteen Greenfield while studying overseas. Their daughter became a Foreign Service Officer and their son has also spent time working for a U.S. agency overseas.
