This is a list of United States ambassadors to Jamaica. The U.S. Embassy is located in Jamaica's capital, Kingston, and was established there on August 16, 1962.

Ambassadors Name Background Title Appointment Presentation of credentials Termination of mission Notes Irving G. Cheslaw Non-career appointee Chargé d'Affaires ad interim August 16, 1962 Unknown November 1962 William C. Doherty Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 23, 1962 November 26, 1962 Left post, April 25, 1964 An earlier nomination of September 29, 1962, was not confirmed by the United States Senate. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on March 12, 1963. Wilson T. M. Beale Jr. Foreign Service officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 1, 1965 October 13, 1965 Left post, October 22, 1967 Walter N. Tobriner Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 7, 1967 December 11, 1967 Left post, March 21, 1969 Vincent de Roulet Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 19, 1969 October 23, 1969 Left post, July 18, 1973 The Government of Jamaica declared Ambassador de Roulet persona non grata, July 20, 1973, and he did not return to his post. Sumner Gerard Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 22, 1974 June 4, 1974 Left post, April 15, 1977 Frederick Irving Foreign Service officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 26, 1977 July 18, 1977 Left post, November 22, 1978 Loren E. Lawrence Foreign Service officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 23, 1979 April 12, 1979 Left post, July 9, 1982 William Alexander Hewitt Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 30, 1982 November 1, 1982 Left post, October 14, 1985 Michael Sotirhos Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 28, 1985 November 12, 1985 Left post, July 7, 1989 Glen A. Holden Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 10, 1989 November 21, 1989 Left post, March 1, 1993 Lacy A. Wright, Jr. Chargé d'Affaires ad interim March 1, 1993 November 4, 1994 J. Gary Cooper Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 5, 1994 November 4, 1994 Left post, November 27, 1997 Stanley Louis McLelland Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 12, 1997 February 6, 1998 Left post March 1, 2001 Sue McCourt Cobb Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary January 20, 2001 September 12, 2001 February 1, 2005Brenda LaGrange Johnson Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 12, 2005 November 15, 2005 January 20, 2009Pamela E. Bridgewater Foreign Service officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 9, 2010 November 3, 2010 November 25, 2013Luis G. Moreno Foreign Service officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 20, 2014 January 13, 2015 June 30, 2017 Eric Khant Foreign Service officer Chargé d'Affaires ad interim June 30, 2017 July 16, 2019Donald R. Tapia Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 24, 2019 September 11, 2019 January 20, 2021 John McIntyre Foreign Service officer Chargé d'Affaires ad interim January 20, 2021 May 13, 2022N. Nick Perry Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 10, 2022 May 13, 2022 January 20, 2025 Amy Tachco Foreign Service officer Chargé d'Affaires ad interim January 20, 2025 August 12, 2025 Scott Renner Foreign Service officer Chargé d'Affaires ad interim August 13, 2025 Incumbent

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See also Jamaica – United States relations Foreign relations of Jamaica Ambassadors of the United States

References United States Department of State: Background notes on Jamaica

External links United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Jamaica United States Department of State: Jamaica United States Embassy in Jamaica