From left: City Council Chairman Karlheinz Bührmann, Consul General Jo Ellen Powell, Lord Mayor Petra Roth

Frankfurt Lord Mayor Petra Roth bids farewell to Consul General Jo Ellen Powell
June 25, 2009. Frankfurt Lord Mayor Petra Roth and City Council Chairman Karlheinz Bührmann met Consul General at Frankfurt City Hall on June 25 for a last call. Lord Mayor Roth presented Consul General Powell china made in Hoechst as a farewell present. Ms. Powell who had assumed charge of the U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt in August 2006 will depart Frankfurt later in July. Prior to her assignment to Frankfurt Jo Ellen Powell, a career member of the Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, was Executive Director of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA), 2004-2006. She served as director of the Human Resources bureau’s Office of Employee Relations, 2001- 2004, and as the Management Counselor, U.S. Embassy Canberra, 1998-2001.