Consul General Grace Shelton

The American Consulate General welcomes Ms. Grace Shelton as U.S. Consul General to Bermuda, succeeding former Consul General Gregory Slayton, who left the Island in mid-August.  Ms. Shelton is a career diplomat in the U.S. Foreign Service.

Consul General Shelton has previously served in Ljubljana, Slovenia; Kathmandu, Nepal; Minsk, Belarus; and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She has also served in Washington.
Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Ms. Shelton was an attorney in Savannah, Georgia and a law clerk to the United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia. She has a J.D. and a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University and her BA from Bucknell University.  She was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina.

Consul General Shelton said, “I am very pleased to be serving the United States in Bermuda. Following in the footsteps of Gregory Slayton will not be easy, I’m told, but my focus will be to build upon the very positive U.S.-Bermuda alliance that exists today and that has been ongoing for four centuries. I look forward to getting to know Bermuda and its people.”