The AIC are delighted to welcome Chargé d'Affaires Tressa Rae Finerty to talk to the club on March 27 at the Hotel Royal.
Tressa Rae Finerty - Chargé d'Affaires of the United States to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland
March 27, 2026
Hôtel Royal
Rue de Lausanne 41-43
Geneva 1201
Switzerland
Description
The AIC are delighted to welcome Chargé d'Affaires Tressa Rae Finerty to talk to the club on March 27 at the Hotel Royal.
The lunch will provide an opportunity to learn more on the current international developments and multilateral affairs that are currently occupying her portfolio.
Tressa Rae Finerty assumed duties as the Chargé d’Affaires for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva on January 20, 2025. She arrived as Deputy Chief of Mission in May 2024. Prior to returning to Geneva, she was a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, a Senior Fellow at Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (2023-2024) and Deputy Executive Secretary in the Office of the Secretary (2020 2023).
She brings extensive experience in diplomacy, international cooperation, and humanitarian response.
We would be honored by your participation and hope you will be able to join us for what will be an interesting and timely discussion.
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Speaker Tressa Rae Finerty
Chargé d'Affaires of the United States to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Tressa Rae Finerty assumed duties as the Chargé d’Affaires for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva on January 20, 2025. She arrived as Deputy Chief of Mission …
Chargé d'Affaires of the United States to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland
A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Tressa Rae Finerty assumed duties as the Chargé d’Affaires for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva on January 20, 2025. She arrived as Deputy Chief of Mission in May 2024.
Prior to returning to Geneva, she was a Senior Fellow at Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (2023-2024) and Deputy Executive Secretary in the Office of the Secretary (2020-
2023).
A devoted multilateralist and humanitarian, she previously served in Geneva as Counselor for Humanitarian Affairs. In 2023, she led an emergency humanitarian operation to welcome hundreds of freed political prisoners from Nicaragua, which was awarded the 2024 Freedom House Mark Palmer Prize. In 2021, she directed
operations at the Dulles Afghan Refugee Transit Center, which facilitated the rapid relocation of nearly fifty thousand Afghans to safety. She co-authored a chapter on multilateral diplomacy in the book Diplomacy Tradecraft and taught courses on international and U.S. refugee policy at New York University and Georgetown
University.
She has served overseas in Kuala Lumpur, Baghdad, Yerevan, and Bangkok and domestically at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York, as well as serving as Special Assistant to the Special Representative for North Korea Policy and Six-Party Talks. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, she was a strategy consultant. She holds a BA and MBA from The George Washington University.
Date and Time
Fri, March 27, 2026
11:45 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location
Hôtel Royal
Rue de Lausanne 41-43
Geneva 1201
Switzerland