American diplomat
Leslie Ventura Rowe (born 1947) is a retired career diplomat who served as the American Ambassador to Mozambique (2010-2012) as well as Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu (2006-2009). In January 2013, she joined the new U.S. Office of Global Health Diplomacy. Previously, she was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.
Education.
Rowe received a B.A. from Washington State University, an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and an M.Ed. from Northeastern University.