Diplomatic Career
Martindell was first appointed to the Commission to Review Ambassadorial Appointments and later became director of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, surveying natural-disaster reconstruction efforts funded by USAID. Her work garnered the attention of the ambassadorship review board, which recommended her candidacy to Carter for the position of United States Ambassador to New Zealand. Martindell was nominated for the ambassadorship and served from 1979 to 1981. She was the first woman to serve as ambassador to New Zealand.
On her return from New Zealand, Martindell continued to foster close relations between the two countries, organizing the United States-New Zealand Council in 1986 and serving as the Council's first president.
Martindell's memoir Never Too Late (ISBN 978-1933672502) was published in 2008. She died on June 11, 2008 at the age of 93.
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