Mr. Fernández assumed his current position as Consul General on July 15, 2009. Immediately prior to that he served as Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, and was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Luanda, Angola from 2006 to 2008. Mr. Fernandez joined the Foreign Service in 1986 and has also served in Washington, Mexico, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil and Colombia. He is the recipient of several Department of State Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards.
Mr. Fernandez did his undergraduate work at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland and his graduate work at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is married and has three children.
