Sean Stein is the Consul General at the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai. He previously served as Consul General in Shenyang, China. In that role he worked with U.S. states to foster over $1 billion in Chinese investment in the United States – a record at the time – and introduced dozens of U.S. firms to the Chinese market. He also developed a program that became the model for the U.S.-China Tourism Year, a Presidential initiative to attract Chinese tourists to the United States.

As Principal Officer in Medan, Indonesia, Mr. Stein focused on reconstruction in Aceh after the Boxing Day earthquake and created a mission-wide program to double the number of Indonesian students studying in the United States. While serving as the first Deputy Chief of Mission in Dili, East Timor, Mr. Stein oversaw the establishment of a new mission and construction of a new embassy. When large-scale political violence and instability broke out in Dili, he oversaw the evacuation of U.S. citizens from country and the drawdown of the embassy. Mr. Stein has also served tours in Lagos, Jakarta, and Chengdu.

He is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service and a graduate of Georgetown University. He speaks Indonesian and Mandarin Chinese and is married with three children.

Ed Swoyer joined the Department in 2003 and arrived in Shanghai in August. Previous postings include : Hong Kong, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, Libya as well as domestic assignments in New York City and at Diplomatic Security’s headquarters in Washington, DC.

William Weissman is a career Foreign Service Officer of the United States Department of State. Before beginning his tour in China in 2016, Mr. Weissman has served in New Zealand, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Zimbabwe and Vietnam, as well as in the Washington, DC. His specialty is consular affairs, which includes visas as well as citizen services.
魏文博先生是美国国务院的外交官。在2016年来中国就职以前，他曾任职于新西兰ˎ多米尼加共和国ˎ巴西ˎ津巴布韦ˎ越南和华盛顿。他的专业领域是领事事务， 包括签证和公民服务。