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Ryan M. Dooley, Director
Miami & San Juan Passport Agencies
Bureau of Consular Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Ryan Dooley is the Director of the U.S. Department of State's Miami and San Juan Passport
Agencies, responsible for management of the Department's U.S. passport adjudication, fraud
prevention, customer service, and outreach/public affairs initiatives for the entire state of Florida,
Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Ryan leads a staff of almost 100 employees in Miami and 35
in San Juan dedicated to serving the U.S. passport needs of our community. Ryan serves as a
member of the South Florida Federal Executive Board (FEB) and is also a member of the Miami
Consular Corps. Prior to his selection as Director in November 2007, Ryan served as Assistant
Regional Director of the Miami Passport Agency for three years.
Ryan began his career with the U.S. Department of State in 1996 in the Bureau of Consular Affairs,
Passport Services Directorate. He completed temporary consular assignments at U.S. Embassies in
several Latin American countries and served as Special Assistant to former Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright. In Washington, D.C., Ryan served in several capacities in the Passport Services
Directorate and completed the Executive Potential Program, a year -long leadership program
designed for mid -level Federal managers, where he undertook assignments as the Acting
Political/Economic Chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, Cuba; as a Mediator and Alternative
Dispute Resolution (ADR) Specialist in the Department's Office of Civil Rights; and as an Employee
Relations Specialist in the Bureau of Human Resources. Ryan has worked on numerous task forces
to respond to the needs of American citizens overseas during crisis situations, including civil unrest,
war, and natural disasters. In 2006, Ryan completed the Office of Personnel Management's
Executive Development Seminar in Colorado and was a U.S. delegate to the Passport Anti- Fraud
Working Group in Melbourne, Australia. His official State Department duties have taken him
throughout the United States and to over 40 countries across the globe. In the aftermath of the
2010 earthquake in Haiti, Ryan and his staff traveled to Haiti helped coordinate the evacuation of
more than 17,000 American citizens from that nation. Ryan is the recipient of several awards
including the Department's 2011 Mary A. Ryan Award for Outstanding Public Service.
Ryan is a graduate of The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He also completed
studies at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador and the University de Grenoble in
France. He is fluent in Spanish and French and resides in Miami.