Annika Betancourt

Annika Betancourt is a Foreign Service Officer currently serving as Peru desk officer and dual-hatted as Deputy Director for the Office of Andean Affairs. She recently finished a visiting fellowship at the Brookings Institution as a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow focusing on confidence-building between the United States and North Korea. On the DPRK desk in Washington, DC from 2016-2018, Annika played a critical role in the release of UVA student Otto Warmbier, and the subsequent release of the remaining three U.S. detainees from North Korea. Previously, she served abroad in Afghanistan, Greece, and Mexico.

Annika holds a Master of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a B.A. from the University of Maryland, College Park.