In 1956 Mrs. Ahmad entered the Foreign Service as economic officer in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs in the Department. She was economic officer in Rome (1958 - 1960), and consular officer in Curacao (1960 - 1962). In the Department she was international economist in the Office of Canadian Affairs in the Bureau of European Affairs in 1963 - 1966. In 1966 - 1970 she was economic officer in Islamabad. She resigned from the Foreign Service and was self-employed in Islamabad in 1971 - 1975. Reappointed to the Foreign Service, Mrs. Ahmad served as Director of the Office of International Trade in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (1975 - 1978) and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (1978 - 1981). She was a member of the Executive Seminar in National and International Affairs at the Foreign Service Institute in 1981 - 1982.

Mrs. Ahmad graduated from the University of Omaha (B.A., 1955) and Northwestern University (M.A., 1956). Her foreign languages are Spanish, Italian, and French. She was born December 20, 1933.