- What We Do
- Our History
- Regional Public Engagement Specialists
- Office of American Spaces Leadership
The Office of American Spaces and Educational Advising provides guidance, standards, training, and financial support to the large and diverse global network of American Centers, Corners, and Binational Centers. It also serves as the home office to Regional Public Engagement Specialists (REPS), a small corps of Foreign Service Specialists who advise U.S. embassies and engage American Spaces local coordinators on all aspects of effective operations, provide related training, and prepare evaluation reports for posts in their respective regions. The Office of American Spaces has 19 staff positions in Washington and four staff members in Vienna, Austria.
Director
Todd Miyahira
Todd Miyahira became the Director of the Office of American Spaces in 2024. He joined the Foreign Service in 2005, and most recently served as the Country Cultural Affairs officer at the U.S. Embassy in Brasilia, Brazil. His previous assignments abroad have been in Portugal, Bolivia, the Netherlands, and Honduras. He has also served in various positions in Washington, including as a Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and as a Duty Officer in the White House Situation Room. Todd has a BS from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service and a MA from National Defense University’s College of International Security Affairs. He is a native of New Jersey and is married with three children.
