Deputy Chief of Mission
Deputy Chief of Mission Necia L. Quast
Necia Quast was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up in different small towns in Washington state. She attended the University of Southern California, the University of Washington and received a B.A. in international relations in 1983 from the American University in Washington, D.C. She joined the Foreign Service in 1985 as an Economic Officer . She has served in Guyana, the former Democratic Republic of Germany, Zambia, Kyrgyzstan, India, Ukraine and Nigeria before coming to Tajikistan. She has also served in the State Department in Washington, D.C. She is married to Timothy V. Collins of Biloxi, Mississippi.
