Got curious about the backgrounds of various US ambassadors. This one used to be a high school history teacher! http://honduras.usembassy.gov/ambassador.html

This one worked on "Garfield: The Movie". http://denmark.usembassy.gov/ambassador.html

http://barbados.usembassy.gov/ambassador2.html federal HR/operations, http://dhaka.usembassy.gov/ambassador.html Foreign Service, http://france.usembassy.gov/ambassador.html

Finally, US Ambassador to India Richard Verma http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/vermarich.html: an Indian-American veteran with policy/leg experience