Jeanette W. Hyde

Jeanette W. Hyde is an American diplomat. She was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia from 1994 to 1998, and to Antigua, Grenada, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1995 to 1998, under Bill Clinton.^[1]

Biography

Jeanette W. Hyde was born in 1938.^[1] She attended Wake Forest University, and received a B.S. from Delta State University in 1962.^[2] She later attended the University of Maryland on their Iraklion, Crete campus, and competed graduate studies in Counseling at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and the North Carolina State University.^[2]

She married the late Wallace Hyde, a Robbinsville, North Carolina native, and was a longtime Democratic Party fundraiser.^[3]

She co-founded two banks in Raleigh, North Carolina, Triangle Bank and North State Bank.^[2]

She serves on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Board of Transportation, the North Carolina Global Transpark, the North Carolina International Trade Commission, Outward Bound of North Carolina, and the North Carolina Child Advocacy Institute.^[2] She also serves on the Board of Trustees of Wake Forest University, Western Carolina University, and American Diplomacy Journal, Inc. She previously served on the Board of The International Cabinet at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, the Triangle World Affairs Council, the North Carolina Community Foundation, and The Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Board.^[2]

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