Meet the Consul General

Consul General Marjorie A. Ames

Marjorie A. Ames began serving as the Consul General in Amsterdam in August 2006.  This is her second diplomatic assignment in The Netherlands.  She served as an Economic Officer at the U.S. Embassy in The Hague from 1994 to 1996.

Ms. Ames joined the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State in 1991.  She began her career as the sole consular officer assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Paramaribo, Suriname, where she also helped administer the public affairs activities of the Embassy.  Her other overseas assignments have been in consular positions at the U.S. embassies in Moscow and London.

Prior to her arrival in Amsterdam, Ms. Ames was assigned in Washington, D.C. as a public affairs officer in the Office of Policy Coordination and Public Affairs in the Bureau of Consular Affairs.  She served as the speechwriter for the Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs and other Bureau principals.

Ms. Ames is the recipient of several Department of State awards, including two Superior Honor Awards and a number of Meritorious Honor Awards.  She speaks Dutch and Russian.
A native of the state of Texas, Ms. Ames grew up in New York and Ohio.  She graduated with honors from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs.

Ms. Ames is married to Robert C. Satrom, a corporate attorney, and they have two sons.