Feeley joined the U.S. Department of State in 1990 . He is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service . His career includes extensive experience in Latin American affairs , either at the Department of State in Washington , D.C. , and on assignments overseas . From 2004 to 2006 , he was a Deputy Executive Secretary in the Office of the Secretary of State , where he managed information flow for Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice . He was Deputy Chief of Mission in Mexico from 2009 to 2012 . He has also held the positions of Director for Central American Affairs and Deputy Director for Caribbean Affairs . He served as the Summit of the Americas Coordinator , overseeing preparation for U.S. participation in the 2012 Cartagena Summit . Then as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs he had responsibility for the daily management of policy implementation and the supervision of 53 diplomatic posts . Other overseas postings have included the Dominican Republic and Colombia
Cartagena Summit
6th Summit of the Americas
John D. Feeley