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{{Short description|American diplomat (born 1960)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Roberta Jacobson
| image = Roberta S. Jacobson official photo.jpg
| office = [[United States Ambassador to Mexico]]
| president = [[Barack Obama]]<br />[[Donald Trump]]
| term_start = June 20, 2016
| term_end = May 5, 2018
| predecessor = [[Earl Anthony Wayne]]
| successor = [[Christopher Landau]]
| office1 = 32nd [[Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs]]
| president1 = [[Barack Obama]]
| term_start1 = July 31, 2011
| term_end1 = May 5, 2016<br />Acting: July 31, 2011 – March 30, 2012
| predecessor1 = [[Arturo Valenzuela]]
| successor1 = [[MariKimberly Carmen AponteBreier]] (acting)
| birth_name = Roberta Ann Steinfeld
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|4|14}}
| birth_place = {{nowrap|[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| education = [[Brown University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy|Tufts University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
}}
'''Roberta S. Jacobson''' (born April 14, 1960) is an American diplomat who was the [[United States Ambassador to Mexico]] from June 2016 to May 2018.<ref>[http://www.theyucatantimes.com/2018/05/roberta-jacobson-leaves-mexico-and-retires-after-30-year-state-career/ Roberta Jacobson leaves Mexico and retires after 30-year State Career]</ref> She previously served as the [[Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs]] from March 30, 2012, to May 5, 2016. The [[United States Senate]] approved her nomination as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico on April 28, 2016. In March 2018, Jacobson announced her resignation effective May 5.<ref>Toosi, Nahal (March 1, 2018). "[https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/01/ambassador-mexico-roberta-jacobson-resign-432142 U.S. ambassador to Mexico stepping down]". ''Politico''.</ref> ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' reported on January 18, 2021, that Jacobson would be in charge of [[Mexico–United States border]] affairs at the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]] under President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{cite news |title=La exembajadora Roberta Jacobson se hará cargo de la frontera con México: Foreign Policy |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2021/1/18/la-exembajadora-roberta-jacobson-se-hara-cargo-de-la-frontera-con-mexico-foreign-policy-256504.html?fbclid=IwAR2CorZnQsfPQjxMdbfOGWWpl4B9K_Oxb0tIp8-ToMqDsi3D8pvGhlk3U4I |access-date=January 18, 2021 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=January 18, 2021 |language=spanish}}</ref>