John R. Nay

Consul General

U.S. Consulate General

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

John R. Nay assumed his duties as U.S. Consul General in Toronto on June 7, 2006. 

He previously served as Office Director for African Regional and Security Affairs in the State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs.  He joined the office in April 2003, after serving from 2002-03 as a Senior Inspector in the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General. 

Prior to that he served as Minister Counselor for Consular Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India from 1999-2002, and as Regional Consular Officer for southern Africa based in Johannesburg, South Africa from 1996-1999.  

In Washington Mr. Nay has served as Deputy Director for Pacific Island Affairs from 1993-95, and previously was an intelligence analyst, working on Cambodia issues for two years and on Korean affairs for one year.  Mr. Nay also had previous stints as consular chief in Taipei, Taiwan and Calgary, Canada, as well as earlier tours of duty in Singapore and Taiwan.  Mr. Nay holds the rank of Minister Counselor, is language qualified in Chinese (Mandarin), and holds Masters Degrees from Andrews University and from the National War College. 

He and his wife, Judith Ashdon Nay, have three children.