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Consul General Edward (Ned) M. Alford

Consul General Edward (Ned) M. Alford

Consul General Edward (Ned) M. Alford, a career Foreign Service Officer, class of Minister Counselor, assumed charge of the U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt on August 19, 2009.

Prior to his assignment to Frankfurt Edward (Ned) M. Alford, a career Foreign Service Officer, class of Minister Counselor, served as Chief of Staff to the Under Secretary for Management at the Department of State in Washington D.C.

He joined the Department of State in December 1978. His previous assignments overseas include Management Counselor at the Embassies in Baghdad and Islamabad, Management Minister Counselor Moscow, General Services Officer in Rome and Dhaka, Management Officer in Windhoek, Addis Ababa, and Leningrad, Information Systems Officer Nairobi, as well as Consular Officer Manama, Bahrain.

At the Department of State in Washington D.C. he served as Executive Director of the Bureaus of Near East Asia and South Central Asian Affairs, Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Management, and Post Management Officer for East Africa.

Mr. Alford served in the military in Augsburg 1975-1976 where he worked as a German translator.

Mr. Alford is the recipient of the Department of State’s Superior Honor Award and Meritorious Honor Award. In 2008, he was honored with the Department’s Luther I. Replogle Award for Management Improvement.

Mr. Alford is married to Sigrid Alford. They have three adult children: Angela, Sylvia, and Christopher.