Brian L. Goldbeck joined the U.S. State Department as a Foreign Service Officer in June 1983. He retired in December 2015 as a Minister Counselor (two-star general equivalent) career member of the Department’s Senior Foreign Service, completing nearly 32 and one-half years of service.
At his last post, Mr. Goldbeck served from August 2012 to March 2015 as the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM, the Deputy Ambassador) for the U.S. Embassy in Manila. Previously, Mr. Goldbeck served as U.S. Consul General in Guangzhou, China (covering four provinces, 300 million people, and 46 cities of more than a million) from 2009 to 2012, and as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 2005 to 2008. From 2003 to 2005, he was the DCM at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Goldbeck was the Political Section Deputy at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, and from 1996 to 2000, he was the Economic/Political Section Deputy at the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong, China. From 1993 to 1996, he served as the U.S. State Department’s liaison to the World Bank, and from 1991 to 1993 he handled trade issues in the Economic Section at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China. Mr. Goldbeck also served at U.S. Embassies in then North Yemen as the Economic/Commercial Chief from 1986 to 1988 and in Seoul, South Korea as a Consular and Human Resources Officer from 1984 to 1986, after joining the Foreign Service in 1983.
Mr. Goldbeck was born and raised in Wisconsin. He received bachelor’s degrees in 1973 in Political Science and 1979 in Education from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and a master’s degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California in 1985. Prior to joining the U.S. State Department, Mr. Goldbeck was a teacher and the Social Studies Department Chairman at an international school in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He also served four years on active duty with the U.S. Army and 24 years as an Army Reserve Officer. He is married to Ms. Narangerel Shirendev and they now live in Santa Fe, NM.
