Marcia Bernicat

Marcia Bernicat
32nd Director General of the Foreign Service
In office
June 6, 2022  January 20, 2025
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byCarol Z. Perez
Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Acting
In office
August 6, 2021  September 28, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byJonathan M. Moore
Succeeded byMonica Medina
Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment
Acting
In office
January 20, 2021  August 5, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byKeith J. Krach
Succeeded byJose W. Fernandez
United States Ambassador to Bangladesh
In office
February 4, 2015  November 2, 2018
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byDan Mozena
Succeeded byEarl R. Miller
United States Ambassador to Senegal
United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau
In office
August 6, 2008  July 15, 2011
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded byJanice L. Jacobs
Succeeded byLewis Lukens
Personal details
Born1953 (age 7172)
SpouseOlivier Bernicat
EducationLafayette College (BA)
Georgetown University (MS)

Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat (born 1953) is an American diplomat who served as the 32nd Director General of the Foreign Service from 2022 to 2025. She is a former United States Ambassador to Bangladesh. She served as Ambassador to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau from 2008 to 2011. From January 1, 2019, to April 3, 2020, she was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs at the Department of State.