Obituary: Michelle S. Baldwin, CIA Analyst and State Department Official

Michelle S. Baldwin, a Leesburg resident who worked as a political analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency and as a State Department Foreign Service officer, died March 7 at a hospital in Port Charlotte, Fla. She was 37.

She had metastatic breast cancer, her husband, Craig Baldwin, told The Washington Post.

Mrs. Baldwin joined the CIA in 2001 as a political analyst in the intelligence directorate and returned to the CIA in 2011 after a stint as a political officer for the State Department at the U.S. Embassy in Argentina, according to her obituary in the Post.

Michelle Beatrice Suchan was born in Cleveland. She graduated from George Washington University with a bachelor’s degree in international affairs in 1997 and from Georgetown University in 1999 with a master’s degree in national security studies.

Mrs. Baldwin worked for Science Applications International before joining the CIA, according to the Post.

Survivors include her husband of eight years, Craig Baldwin of Leesburg; her parents, Frank and Diane Suchan of Punta Gorda, Fla.; and a brother.