Judith G. Garber has been nominated by President Barack H. Obama to be the next Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia.  Ms. Garber is known within the Latvian Chamber community having been a participant and keynote speaker at the Latvian Embassy in the US for the Supply Chain Venture Forum which was sponsored by LatCham.

"Judith Garber currently serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs at the Department of State. A career Foreign Service Officer, she joined the Foreign Service in 1984. Her previous diplomatic assignments include Economic Counselor in Madrid, Spain, Deputy Economic Counselor in Tel Aviv, Israel, Economic Officer in Prague, Czech Republic, Economic Officer in Mexico City, Mexico, and Vice Consul in Seville, Spain. Ms. Garber’s Washington assignments include Director for North Central Europe in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Director for Overseas Development Finance in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, and the Department’s Executive Secretariat staff. Ms. Garber holds a Bachelor of Science from Georgetown University."

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Announces-More-Key-Administration-Posts-6-25-09/