| Nancy Jo Powell | |
| Country: | India |
| Predecessor: | Peter Burleigh (Acting) |
| Successor: | Kathleen Stephens (Acting)[1] |
| President: | Barack Obama |
| Term Start: | April 19, 2012 |
| Term End: | May 21, 2014 |
| Ambassador From: | United States |
| Country1: | Nepal |
| Predecessor1: | James F. Moriarty |
| Successor1: | Scott H. DeLisi |
| President1: | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Term Start1: | July 16, 2007 |
| Term End1: | March 12, 2010 |
| Ambassador From1: | United States |
| Country2: | Pakistan |
| Predecessor2: | Wendy Chamberlin |
| Successor2: | Ryan C. Crocker |
| President2: | George W. Bush |
| Term Start2: | August 2, 2002 |
| Term End2: | November 5, 2004 |
| Ambassador From2: | United States |
| Country3: | Ghana |
| Predecessor3: | Kathryn Dee Robinson |
| Successor3: | Mary Carlin Yates |
| President3: | George W. Bush |
| Term Start3: | July 16, 2001 |
| Term End3: | May 26, 2002 |
| Ambassador From3: | United States |
| Country4: | Uganda |
| Predecessor4: | E. Michael Southwick |
| Successor4: | Martin George Brennan |
| President4: | Bill Clinton |
| Term Start4: | November 7, 1997 |
| Term End4: | July 9, 1999 |
| Ambassador From4: | United States |
| Birth Place: | Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Nationality: | American |
| Alma Mater: | University of Northern Iowa |
| Profession: | Career Diplomat |
| Office5: | 28th Director General of the Foreign Service |
| Term Start5: | August 3, 2009 |
| Term End5: | January 6, 2012 |
| Preceded5: | Harry K. Thomas Jr. |
| Succeeded5: | Linda Thomas-Greenfield |
Nancy Jo Powell (born 1947, Cedar Falls, Iowa) was the United States Ambassador to India from April 2012 to May 2014.[2]
Powell was Director General of the United States Foreign Service, a position she assumed after serving as the U.S. Ambassador to Nepal.[3] Powell is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. Powell joined the United States Foreign Service in 1977, and has held assignments in Africa and South Asia.
Media reports conjectured that Powell's resignation was inevitable after the officials of the Government of India stopped accepting to meet her, following the Devyani Khobragade incident.[4] [5]
Other overseas assignments have included Islamabad, Pakistan; Kathmandu, Nepal; and Ottawa, Canada; and previous Washington assignments were those of Nepal Desk Officer and Refugee Assistance Officer.[7]