Jeanette W. Hyde

Jeanette W. Hyde (June 15, 1938 – February 10, 2025) was an American diplomat. She was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, and St Lucia from 1994 to 1998, and to Antigua, Grenada, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1995 to 1998, under Bill Clinton.

Life and career Jeanette W. Hyde was born in Hamptonville, North Carolina on June 15, 1938. She attended Wake Forest University, and received a B.S. from Delta State University in 1962. She later attended the University of Maryland at their Iraklion, Crete campus, and competed graduate studies in Counseling at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and the North Carolina State University.

Hyde married Wallace Hyde, a Robbinsville, North Carolina native, and was a longtime Democratic Party fundraiser.

Hyde co-founded two banks in Raleigh, North Carolina, Triangle Bank and North State Bank.

Awards In 1994, Hyde was awarded the Outstanding Woman in Public Service Award by the YWCA Academy of Women.

In 1998, she received the Triangle World Affairs Council's Distinguished Citizen for Public Service Award and the International Visitors Council's Citizen of the World Award.