The White House has nominated Mikhail Bogachek as U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo.
“Mikhail Bogachek, of Florida, will be the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Kosovo,” the White House announcement said, while the nomination has already been sent to the Senate for confirmation.
Michael E. Bogachek of Florida has a 25-year professional career in the private sector, particularly in healthcare, technology and institutional management. He has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Organization of American States, where he oversees administration, finance, human resources, procurement, information technology and risk management.
Previously he was Chief Operating Officer of VativoRx, a company that provides pharmaceutical benefit management services to more than 1.4 million people in the United States. He is also the founder of Cooperton, which specializes in cybersecurity and crisis management, as well as of PharmaLife, a company that developed electronic systems for managing health data.
He holds a degree in industrial and systems engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a doctorate in bioengineering. In 2026 he completed the executive management program at Harvard Business School. Bogachek has more than 20 scientific publications and speaks Russian, Ukrainian and Hebrew fluently.