James G. Williard
Deputy Chief of Mission

Jim Williard is a Foreign Service Officer in the U.S. Department of State with a personal rank of FE-OC. He served in Lima from August 1998 to June 2002 where he was assigned as Counselor for Administration and became Counselor for Narcotics Affairs in July, 2000. Mr. Williard joined the State Department in 1975 and has served in Kinshasa, Zaire; Cairo, Egypt; Doha, Qatar; Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; Manila, Philippines; Mexico City, Mexico; New Delhi, India, and Washington. He has twice been awarded the Superior Honor Award from the Department of State.

Mr. Williard was born in Pennsylvania on November 7, 1950. He attended Principia College; the University of Illinois, and George Washington University, concentrating on Political Science. Mr. Williard has had several internships with a United States Senator, the Christian Science Monitor, and the Illinois State Legislature.

Mr. Williard is married and has two kids.