Principal Officer
About E. Candace Putnam
E. Candace Putnam has been serving as the Principal Officer at U.S. Consulate Peshawar since August, 2009. Previously, she served as the Political Counselor at Embassy Islamabad, the Labor Counselor in Rome, the Public Affairs Officer in Beirut, the Deputy Political-Military Affairs Counselor in Ankara, and as political officer in the Baghdad Coalition Provisional Authority, Jerusalem, Abu Dhabi, and the Near East Asia Bureau of the State Department.
Born in the Philippines to a Foreign Service family, Ms. Putnam spent her formative years overseas in Iran, Cyprus, Greece and Lebanon. Before joining the State Department in 1990, she worked as Legislative Director for two Members of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, DC. She has a Bachelors' Degree from the University of Virginia and a Masters' Degree from the George Washington University.
Ms. Putnam is the 20th Principal Officer serving at the U.S. Consulate Peshawar, since its creation.