Ambassador Roger Nyhus arrived in Barbados on Thursday following his appointment by President Joe Biden in September 2022 and unanimous affirmation by the U.S. Senate in November 2023 to function the Ambassador to Barbados, the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Ambassador Nyhus stated, “I’m humbled and extremely honored to serve President Biden, our nation and the American folks as U.S. Ambassador to Barbados and the Japanese Caribbean. I look ahead to bringing my Washington State and Chinook Indian Nation values to this new function and partnering carefully with the seven dynamic unbiased nations of the Japanese Caribbean on addressing local weather change, enhancing regional safety and selling financial prosperity.”
Previous to assuming his place in Barbados Ambassador Nyhus constructed his profession selling American corporations in sectors related to the Japanese Caribbean, together with sustainability and vitality, aviation, journey and tourism, telecommunications, world well being and well being care, monetary providers, world philanthropy, seafood and the humanities. Beforehand, he served as founder and CEO of Nyhus Communications, a Seattle-based strategic communications, advocacy and advertising and marketing consultancy.
On this function, Ambassador Nyhus served as an adviser to enterprise and authorities leaders around the globe, together with CEOs of Fortune 500 corporations.
Ambassador Nyhus grew up in Westport, Washington, a small fishing village on the Pacific Ocean. He’s an enrolled member of the Chinook Indian Nation, and his private passions embrace championing wildlife conservation and the humanities.
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