Thomas R. Hutson Former Department of State Diplomat

Mr. Hutson spent thirty-seven years working for the Department of State as a high ranking diplomat. Before leaving the State Department, he was stationed across the globe in a number of capacities, and was Consul General in Moscow, Belgrade, Tashkent and Winnipeg.

Biography

• President and CEO, CONSULTIMATE, LLC, and CONSULTIMATE International, Inc., Present;
• Diplomatic Associate, Value-Added Agriculture, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, Present;
• Diplomatic Associate, Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska, Present;
• Senior Management Analyst, Development Associates, INC., to evaluate Junior Achievement Russia, for USAID in Moscow, Novosibirsk, Angarak and Vladivostok, 2004;
• S. Department of State Representative at the U.K Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) at Mazar-e-Sharif, for the five northern provinces of Afghanistan, 2003-2004;
• Acting Consul, U.S. Embassy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2003;
• Consular Officer at U.S Embassies, Dhaka and Kinshasa and Consulates General, Milan, Lagos and Guangzhou, 2001-2002;
• Short Term Observer, OSCE/ODIHR Mission to Local Elections in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 2000;
• Established CONSULTIMATE, LLC, Worldwide Consulting for Peace, Prosperity and Justice. Polling Supervisor, Local Elections, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2000;
• Short-Term Observer, OSCE/ODIHR Mission to State Duma Elections in Russia. Retired from the Foreign Service. 1999;
• Head of office, Office of the High Representative, Tuzla, Northeast Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1998-1999;
• Head of U.S. Embassy Office in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, 1998;
• Deputy to Special Representative of the President and Secretary of State for Economic Reconstruction, U.S. Embassy Sarajevo, 1997-1998;
• Supervisor of Elections, Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Western Slavonia and Eastern Slavonia, Republic of Croatia, 1997;
• Deputy Director, Regional Center of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1996-1997;
• Deputy Head of Border Monitoring Mission, International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1995;
• Charge d’affaires ad interim, U.S. Embassy, Grenada, 1994-1995;
• Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy, Bridgetown, Barbados, 1993-1994;
• Counselor for Political and Economic Affairs, U.S. Embassy, Bridgetown, Barbados, 1993-1995;
• Deputy Principal Officer, ITS. Embassy, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 1992-1993;
• Science Attache, U.S. Embassy, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1990-1992;
• Chief of Travel Services (Consul General), American Institute in Taiwan, Taipei, 1987-1990;
• Chinese Mandarin Language Studies at Foreign Service Institute,Washington, D.C and Chinese Language and Area Studies School, American Institute in Taiwan, Taipei, 1985-1987;
• Regional Consular Officer for West Africa (Sierra Leone, Niger, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroun, Benin, and Nigeria), U.S.Embassy, Lagos, Nigeria, 1983-1985;
• President, CONSULTLMATE, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1980-1983;
• Executive Director, The American Council of Young Political Leaders, Washington, D.C., 1982-1983;
• Vice President, INTERMAT International Materials Management Engineering, Houston, Texas, 1981-1982;
• Consul General and First Secretary, U.S. Embassy, Moscow, U.S.S.R., 1978-1980;
• Consul General, U.S. Consulate General, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1976-1978;
• Program Officer for Bulgaria, Romania and Yugoslavia, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State, Washington, D.C., 1975-1976;
• Special Assistant to the Under secretary of State for Political Affairs, Washington, D.C., 1975;
• Consul and First Secretary, U.S. Embassy, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1972-1975;
• Serbo-Croatian Language Training, Foreign Service Institute, Washington, D.C., 1971-1972;
• Special Assistant to Ambassador Douglas MacArthur II, U.S Embassy, 1970-1971;
• Vice Consul, U.S. Embassy, Tehran, Iran, 1968-1970;
• Entry to Foreign Service and Training at Foreign Service Institute, Washington, D.C., 1967-1968;
• Chief, Office of Logistics, U.S. Army Intelligence School, Ft. Holabird, Maryland, 1966-1967;
• Intelligence Officer, 467th Intelligence Detachment and G2, U.S. Army Alaska, Ft. Richardson, Alaska, 1964-1966;
• Russian Language Training, Defense Language Institute, Presidio of Monterey, California, 1963
• Infantry Officer and Combat Intelligence Officer Training, Ft. Benning, Georgia and Ft. Holabird, Maryland, 1962-1963.

Education

• University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, Bachelor of Arts, International Affairs, 1962;
• Red Cloud High School, Red Cloud, Nebraska, High School Diploma, 1957.

Languages Spoken

• Russian
• Serbian
• Croatian
• Bosnian
• Chinese (Mandarin)
• Farsi (Persian)
• French

Organizations

• Delta Upsilon Fraternity,
• Diplomatic and Consular Officers Retired Club,
• International Ethical Alliance,
• Monarchist League,
• The American Council of Young Political Leaders,
• Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation,
• American Foreign Service Association.