Suriya Evans-Pritchard Jayanti

Jayanti was reportedly briefed on Giuliani, Parnas, and Fruman's plans by a U.S. gas trader working in Ukraine. She was also briefed by several Naftogaz officials. In May 2019, Amos Hochstein, then on the Naftogaz Supervisory Board and formerly Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs and Deputy Assistance Secretary of State for Energy, briefed Jayanti on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's concerns about pressure from Giuliani to investigate the Bidens.

Jayanti was subpoenaed on October 16, 2019 to appear for the impeachment hearings. She was originally scheduled to be deposed on October 25, 2019, but this was postponed indefinitely due to the death and funeral of U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings.

Jayanti served as the Energy Unit Chief at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv from 2018 to 2020. During that time, she led U.S. engagement in the Ukrainian energy sector under the direction of Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch. This included working to instill and reinforce corporate governance and anti-corruption measures at Ukraine's state-owned natural gas monopoly, Naftogaz. She was responsible for negotiating on behalf of the U.S. on Ukrainian gas sector reforms, particularly the unbundling of Naftogaz, and oversaw for the U.S. issues including gas transit negotiations between Naftogaz and Russia's Gazprom.

In 2018, Naftogaz became the target of plans by Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, who wanted to remove the CEO Andriy Kobolyev so a replacement might support their business ambitions in the Ukrainian gas sector. In this effort, they enlisted the help of Rudy Giuliani. Former Secretary of Energy Rick Perry was at the same time also pressuring the Ukrainian government for leadership changes at the top of Naftogaz, as well as seeking business opportunities for U.S. energy companies, including those with which he had associations.

Jayanti joined the Foreign Service in 2012. Prior to her tour in Ukraine, she served as a political officer in Kuwait working on Islamism, Muslim Brotherhood, tribal, Gulf Cooperation Council, and domestic Kuwaiti political issues. She also served in Nassau, The Bahamas, Baghdad, Iraq, and in Washington, DC working on 5G, data protection, and Hauwei policy.

Suriya Evans-Pritchard Jayanti (born November 25, 1982) is an American diplomat at the U.S. Department of State who served as the Energy Unit Chief at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, during the events that gave rise to the first impeachment of President Donald J. Trump. She was subpoenaed on October 16, 2019 to testify in the impeachment hearings. She was originally scheduled to be deposed on October 25, 2019, but this was postponed due to the death and funeral of Representative Elijah Cummings. She was expected to testify about the involvement of Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman, and Rudy Giuliani in the Ukrainian energy sector, as well as the actions and statements of Ambassador Gordon Sondland during his July 2019 visit to Ukraine.