U.S. Consul General in Shanghai

Kenneth Jarrett

Consul General Kenneth Jarrett

A native of New York, Kenneth Jarrett is a graduate of Cornell University (B.A., history), Yale University (M.A., modern Chinese history) and the National War College (M.S., strategic studies). He has also studied at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center at Nanjing University, the Taipei Language Institute and New Asia College at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Before joining the Foreign Service, Mr. Jarrett was an English teacher from 1979-81 at the Shanghai Foreign Languages Institute.

Since he joined the Foreign Service in 1982, Mr. Jarrett's assignments have included overseas postings in Manila, Chengdu, Singapore, Beijing, and Hong Kong. He has also had domestic assignments at the U. S. Mission to the United Nations in New York, the State Department's Office of Chinese Affairs, and the Office of Israel and Arab-Israeli Affairs. Mr. Jarrett worked from 2000-2001 as Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council, with responsibility for issues related to China, Taiwan, and Mongolia. Mr. Jarrett is married to Ms. Ann Yen. They have two daughters.