Julie Furuta-Toy

Chargé d’Affaires Julie Furuta-Toy

Deputy Chief of Mission
United States Embassy, Accra, Ghana

Julie Furuta-Toy is the Deputy Chief of Mission in Accra, Ghana.  Prior to her arrival in Ghana, she was the Director of the Office of Children's Issues of the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State.  Since entering the Foreign Service in 1986 she has lived in the Philippines, Venezuela, Haiti, India, and Russia.  She has served several tours in Washington, D.C. in the Bureaus of Consular Affairs, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, and Human Resources.  Ms. Furuta-Toy has a Bachelor's degree in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Riverside, a Master's degree in Comparative Literature from Indiana University, and a Master's degree in Security Studies from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.  She is married to a Foreign Service Officer and has two children.