Joan Polaschik | |
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| Director of the Foreign Service Institute | |
| Assumed office May 20, 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Daniel Bennett Smith |
| United States Ambassador to Algeria | |
| In office October 29, 2014[1] – April 27, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Henry Ensher |
| Succeeded by | John Desrocher |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1969 (age 54–55) |
| Education | University of Virginia (BA) Georgetown University (MS) |
Joan A. Polaschik (born 1969) is a diplomat who has served as Director of the Foreign Service Institute since 2022. She previously served as the United States Ambassador to Algeria from 2014 to 2017.