Sally Shelton-Colby

Sally Angela Shelton-Colby (born August 29, 1944) is an American diplomat. She was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Grenada and Dominica as well as Minister to St Lucia, and Special Representative to Antigua, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, and St. Vincent from 1979 to 1981, under Jimmy Carter.

Early life Sally Shelton-Colby was born on 29 August 1944 in San Antonio, Texas. She grew up in Monett, Missouri, where she was a cheerleader. One of her grandfathers was a personal friend of Texas Congressman Clark W. Thompson.

Career She worked as legislative assistant to Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen during his 1976-onwards mandate. She was also Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Texas A&M University, the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, American University and Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. the American Academy of Diplomacy, etc. She is currently a board member of the Pan American Health and Education Foundation and serves as Director of the La Pietra Coalition at Vital Voices.

Personal life Shelton-Colby met her first husband, Eduardo Jimenez, at the SAIS. He was a lawyer when they were married. In 2011, she disavowed The Man Nobody Knew, a documentary directed and narrated by her stepson Carl Colby.