Dorothy Shea

Dorothy Shea
Official portrait, 2020
Acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations
In office
January 20, 2025 – September 21, 2025
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byLinda Thomas-Greenfield
Succeeded byMike Waltz
United States Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations
In office
August 16, 2024 – November 22, 2025
PresidentJoe Biden
Donald Trump
Preceded byRichard M. Mills Jr.
Succeeded byTammy Bruce
United States Ambassador to Lebanon
In office
March 11, 2020 – December 28, 2023
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byElizabeth H. Richard
Succeeded byLisa A. Johnson
Personal details
BornDorothy Camille Shea
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BA)
Georgetown University (MS)
National War College (MS)

Dorothy Camille Shea is a retired American career diplomat. In January 2025, she was appointed United States Chargé d'affaires to the United Nations after serving as the deputy ambassador in 2024. Shea was the United States ambassador to Lebanon from 2020 to 2023. On December 7, 2022, she received the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award for sustained extraordinary accomplishment. On January 3, 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate her as deputy representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, and deputy representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations as well as representative of the United States of America to the sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

On January 20, 2025, Shea assumed the office of United States Chargé d'Affaires to the United Nations after being named to the office by President Donald Trump.