Career Conversation U.S. Department of State: Foreign Service and Civil Service Opportunities

Susan Wong, Diplomat in Residence- Northern and Central California
Susan is a career Foreign Service Officer and current Diplomat in Residence covering Northern and Central California. Her tours include Embassy Singapore; Consulate General Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Consulate General Istanbul, Turkey; Washington, D.C.; Embassy Riga, Latvia. Susan speaks Chinese, Vietnamese, Turkish, and Latvian.

Matthew Dolbow, Senior FSO & Diplomatic Fellow
Matthew is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He served as Senior Advisor at the National Security Council, Counselor for Economic and Social Affairs at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, and at U.S. diplomatic posts in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Seoul, as well as in Washington, DC, and was Consul General in Japan for the last 3 years.