Ambassador Kennedy, a Minister Counselor in the Foreign Service, presented her credentials to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on March 22, 2010. She most recently served as International Affairs Advisor and Deputy Commandant of the National War College. After returning in 2003 from service as Ambassador to Turkmenistan, she directed the 46th class of the Senior Seminar, the State Department?s interagency leadership program. She subsequently served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State with responsibility for Southern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus.