Baxter Hunt

James Baxter Hunt III is an American diplomat who has served as the U.S. Consul General in Toronto, Canada since October 2023.

Family and education Hunt is the son of former North Carolina governor James Baxter Hunt Jr. and former first lady Carolyn Hunt. He is the brother of North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Rachel Hunt.

He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master's degree in public administration from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

He has three children, Lindsey, Stephanie, and James Hunt.

Career A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Hunt served as Chargé d'Affaires at the US Embassy in Santiago, Chile, from January 2019 until August 10, 2020, when Richard Glenn assumed duties. Before that, he was Deputy Chief of Mission in Santiago (since August 2017), the Director of the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement section (2013-2014) and Deputy Executive Secretary in the Office of the Secretary of State (2015-2017). He also served abroad at the U.S. Embassies in Kabul, Afghanistan, Ottawa, Canada & Warsaw, Poland; & in the U.S. Consulate General in Durban, South Africa.

As of January 2026, Hunt still remains one of the U.S. Consul Generals to Canada, and is still based in the Toronto U.S. Consulate, where he has been based since October 2023.