Patricia "Tish" Hickey has been with the Department of State for 11 years, and during the past three years has served as an Adoption Officer in the Office of Children’s Issues, handling intercountry adoptions between the United States and Canada, and Western European countries. She is also the officer responsible for outgoing adoptions covered by the Hague Adoption Convention.
Prior to working in the Office of Children’s Issues, she served in the Office of American Citizens Services and Crisis Management; in the Bureau of Legislative Affairs; and overseas as a Consular Officer at the U.S. Embassies in Athens and Kuwait City. She currently lives near Fort Hood, Texas with her husband and two sons.