PR-1939
August 1, 2019
Dannielle Andrews Assumes Duties as AIT’s Economic Section Chief
Dannielle Andrews has assumed duties as the Economic Section Chief at the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT).
Prior to her arrival in Taiwan, Ms. Andrews served as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Regional, Global, and Functional Affairs in the Department of State’s Bureau of Legislative Affairs. She graduated with honors in June 2017 with a Master of Science in National Security Strategy from the National War College and a certification in CyberSecurity from the College of Information and Cyber Space at the National Defense University.
Ms. Andrews joined the State Department in 2002, and served in U.S. Consulate Shenyang, China; U.S. Embassy Brasilia, Brazil; and U.S. Embassy Accra, Ghana. At the Department of State in Washington, D.C., she served as Economic Chief in the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs, as Senior Watch Officer in the Nuclear Risk Reduction Center, and in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs as staff assistant.
Prior to joining the State Department, Ms. Andrews was a researcher and client relations officer for macroeconomic research firms in California. Dannielle has also worked extensively as a volunteer in Brazil, China, and Ghana. She received her undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary, in Williamsburg, Virginia, and a graduate degree from the University of Texas, in Austin, Texas. Her spoken foreign languages include Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, and Spanish.