Leah Campos

Leah Francis Campos is an American diplomat and former intelligence officer serving as the 40th U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, she previously worked as a senior adviser on the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere from 2015 to 2019, and served in the Central Intelligence Agency from 2001 to 2012. She worked for the SAS Institute from 2019 to 2025.

Early life and education Campos was born into a family of recent migrants, as her paternal grandparents migrated from Mexico, and her mother is from Spain. Campos's sister is conservative television personality Rachel Campos-Duffy.

Campos attended Arizona State University, where she completed a BS in political science and government between 1990 and 1994. She earned a master's degree in public and international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh from 1995 to 1997. During the 2012 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Arizona, Campos ran for the Republican nomination in the 9th congressional district.

From February 2013 to September 2014, Campos served as an advisor for the United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere. She was confirmed on October 7, 2025. She presented her credentials to President Luis Abinader on November 19, 2025.