to 2011 in the equivalent position at the U.S. embassy in Mexico City, Mexico. From 2011 he was in an equivalent position in New Delhi, India. At the embassy there he had responsibility for programs in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, including food aid in the latter. He was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Turkmenistan on November 25, 2014. In October 2015 he was joined at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new embassy building in Turkmenistan's capital, Ashgabat, by the city's mayor. Following his June 2019 retirement, he was succeeded by Matthew Klimow. In June 2020 he was one of 612 former diplomats, senior military officers, and other government officials who signed an open letter expressing alarm at calls by President Donald Trump and others for the use of U.S. military personnel to end Black Lives Matter protests on U.S. soil. Support for open content projects During his ambassadorship, Mustard was a proponent of OpenStreetMap, as well as an active volunteer mapper. At the North American Cartographic Information Society's annual banquet in 2019, he gave a keynote address on his mapping in Turkmenistan. He also gave keynote presentations at the OSM annual conference, State of the Map in 2016 and 2020. In December 2019, he was elected chair of the board of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. He describes himself as a Wikipedian. Awards and honors Mustard has received the United States Department of Agriculture's Distinguished Honor Award (the agency's highest); and its Superior Honor Award (twice); as well as the Grand Decoration of Merit in Gold of the Republic of Austria (the country's highest for a foreigner). Personal life Mustard is married to Ann Anderson Mustard, a former CBS Radio News correspondent, whom he courted at the University of Illinois. They have one daughter. He sits on the advisory board of the Caspian Policy Center. Mustard speaks Russian, German and "basic Spanish". References Further reading - in which Mustard recalls his 1986-1988 stint in Moscow - 2013 interview, in which Mustard reflects on his career External links Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American diplomats 21st-century American diplomats Ambassadors of the United States to Turkmenistan American expatriates in Austria American expatriates in India American expatriates in Mexico American expatriates in Turkey American expatriates in Russia OpenStreetMap people University of Washington alumni University of Illinois College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences