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He is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. His most recent assignment was as Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. He has also served as a Senior Inspector in the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General (2001-2002) and, prior to that assignment, as Deputy to the Secretary’s Acting Special Adviser for the Newly Independent States. Mr. Purnell’s overseas postings have included Almaty, Kazakhstan, where he was Deputy Chief of Mission from 1997-2000 and St. Petersburg, Russia, where he was Deputy Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate General (1989-1992). He also worked in Vienna, Austria as a member of the U.S. conventional arms control delegation (1988-1989) and in Monrovia, Liberia (1980-1981). He first worked in Moscow from 1982-1984.
Mr. Purnell’s assignments in Washington have focussed on Russia and Ukraine. He was Director of the State Department’s Office of Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova from 1993-1996 and worked as special assistant to Ambassador Jack Matlock on the National Security Council in 1986. Mr. Purnell has received the Department of State’s Superior Honor Award and Meritorious Honor Award.
Prior to joining the State Department, Mr. Purnell worked for the Massachusetts Audubon Society as a specialist in environmental education. He maintains a strong interest in environmental issues.
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