In 2001 , President of the United States George W. Bush nominated Rocca as Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs and , after Senate confirmation , she held this office from June 1 , 2001 to February 17 , 2006 . In the wake of the September 11 attacks , Rocca helped design a new set of US policies towards South Asia . In the immediate post-9 / 11 period , she oversaw U.S. diplomacy in the period leading up to the invasion of Afghanistan . She also oversaw the U.S. 's diplomatic response to the 2001 – 2002 India – Pakistan standoff . She was involved in the organized response and humanitarian assistance in the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the 2005 Kashmir earthquake . President Bush then named Rocca as the United States Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva and Ambassador Rocca held this post from August 2006 until January 2009 . There , she represented the U.S. during nuclear disarmament talks and negotiations related to the Biological Weapons Convention and the peaceful use of space . Upon leaving government service in 2009 , Rocca joined the consulting firm Visión Américas
2005 Kashmir earthquake
2005 Kashmir earthquake
Christina B. Rocca