Molly Bordonaro

American diplomat

Molly Bordonaro

United States Ambassador to Malta
In office
September 7, 2005 – February 6, 2009
President| George W. Bush
Preceded by| Anthony H. Gioia
Succeeded by| Douglas Kmiec
Personal details
Born|

Molly Bordonaro

Portland, Oregon
Political party| Republican
Alma mater| University of Colorado

Molly Bordonaro is managing partner of Gerding Edlen and the former American ambassador to Malta (2005–09).[1][2]

Bordonaro was born in Portland, Oregon. She earned an undergraduate degree from University of Colorado.[3]

She began working at Gerding Edlen in 2009, and was made managing partner in 2017.[3] She is also a member of the board of directors for Moda Health and the National Women's History Museum.[1][2] She is also a member of the Pension Real Estate Association, Technology and Sustainability Affinity Group, and on the advisory board for commercial real estate at Portland State University.[4]

She ran for Congress on the Republican ticket in 1998 from Oregon's 1st congressional district but lost to David Wu. She was the Chairman of the Northwest Region for the 2004 Bush-Cheney Campaign.[5]

In 2009, at the end of her service as ambassador to Malta, Bordonaro was awarded the Medal of Merit by Maltese president Edward Fenech-Adami. She is the first American ambassador, and only the third in history, to receive the honor.[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Molly Bordonaro". Gerding Edlen. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
2. ^ a b "Molly Bordonaro". National Women's History Museum. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
3. ^ a b "Molly Bordonaro". Conference on World Affairs. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
4. ^ "Molly H Bordonaro, Gerding Edlen: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg News.
5. ^ "Molly Bordonaro | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
6. ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, Kimberly A. C. Wilson | The (6 February 2009). "Portland's Molly Bordonaro honored as term as US Ambassador to Malta ends". oregonlive. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

## External links

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* US Ambassador Molly Bordonaro says security is a big issue for everyone

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