James Wolfe returns to the U.S. Embassy Warsaw to lead the public affairs section, where he previously served as Cultural Attaché and Spokesperson (2005-2009).  A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, he recently completed a tour as Counselor for Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City (2017-2020).  He previously served as Deputy Public Affairs Officer and Spokesperson at the U.S. Mission to the European Union and Spokesperson at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv.

Prior to switching to Public Diplomacy, Mr. Wolfe was a State Department economic officer and trade negotiator, serving in the Western Hemisphere Affairs bureau and on a detail to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.  He has also served as the economic officer on the Cuba desk.  Previous tours include as head of the Mostar branch office of the U.S. Embassy to Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997-1999), as well as Bonn, Berlin, and Warsaw.He has an M.S. from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a B.A. from the College of William and Mary, also studied at UCLA. Mr Wolfe speaks Polish, German, Ukrainian, and Spanish.