Life and education
Mathieu is a native of New Jersey, but earned a B.A. degree from Antioch College. She returned to New Jersey and earned her J.D. degree from Rutgers University-Newark.Career
She was initially an assistant prosecutor for the city of Newark, New Jersey, but then began a career in the Foreign Service.Other diplomatic posts
*2013-2015 – Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs for Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island Affairs *1999–2002 – Deputy Chief of Mission in Accra, Ghana *1997–1999 – Deputy Director of the Office of West African Affairs *1995–1997 – Deputy Director of the Office of Pacific Island AffairsReferences
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