Jessica Davis Ba

Davis Ba is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, with the rank of counselor. Davis Ba was also the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Mission to the African Union and U.S. deputy permanent representative to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She served as deputy program director at the U.S. embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as special assistant in the State Department Operations Center, and as deputy director, international narcotics and law enforcement at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. Other assignments include serving as deputy counselor for economic affairs and regional labor officer at the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, Kenya and as political/economic officer for the Somalia affairs unit in the U.S. embassy in Nairobi.^[4] Davis Ba also served as the deputy director of the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement section in Iraq.^[2][3]

On June 8, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Davis Ba to be the next ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire.^[4] On August 3, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.^[5] The committee favorably reported the nomination to the Senate floor on December 7, 2022. On December 15, 2022, her nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote.^[6] Davis Ba presented her credentials to President Alassane Ouattara on March 2, 2023.^[7]

Davis Ba speaks French and Spanish.^[4] Davis Ba is married to Amadou Mahtar Ba.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Richard K. Bell	United States Ambassador to Ivory Coast 2023	Incumbent