The Kaohsiung Branch Office of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT/K; ) represents U.S. interests in southern Taiwan. It is located within the China Steel Corporation Headquarters building in Cianjin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Lee Skluzak assumed the position of Branch Chief of the American Institute in Taiwan's Kaohsiung Branch Office in July 2026.
History In 1979, the Kaohsiung Branch Office of the American Institute in Taiwan was established. The purpose is to promote commercial, cultural and people-to-people ties between United States and the residents of southern Taiwan.
In 1986, the Kaohsiung Branch Office relocated to the Cathay Life Chungcheng Building on Chung Cheng 3rd Road, Sinsing District, Kaohsiung.
On August 8, 2014, the Kaohsiung Branch Office relocated again to their current location within the China Steel Corporation Headquarters building.
Key Officers The current and former key officers for the Kaohsiung Branch Office are as follows:
List of Branch Chiefs NameTermRef.StartedEnded Patrick J. Corcoran 19791980 John J. Norris 19801980Donald E. Soergel19801982John E. Lundin19821983John A. Froebe, Jr.19831985Syd Goldsmith19851989Joseph R. Donovan Jr.19891992Jeffrey Buczacki19921995Thomas Biddick19951996Darrell A. Jenks19961999Stephen D. Dunn1999unknownThomas Biddickunknown2002Robert W. Forden20022005Tracy Thiele20052008Christian Castro20082011Gary Oba20112014Robert C. DeWitt20142017Matthew O'Connor20172020Mason Yu20202022Thomas T. Wong20222023Neil Gibson20232026Lee Skluzak2026current
List of Deputy Branch Chiefs NameTermRef.StartedEnded Tim Neely unknown1996Gary G. Oba19962000 David W. Seckler2000unknownWilliam B. Johnsonunknown2006Jean Pierre-Louis20062008 Mason Yu20082011John Hartman20112014Jason Chue20142017Suzanne Wong20172020Jack Lambert20202023Samuel Hoffman20232026Harry R. Thompson2026current
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