The Foreign Service Journal, April 2010

Rivkin Award Winner Featured in Washington Post FSO Jeffrey Collins, who won AFSA’s Rivkin Award for constructive dissent in 2009, was featured as a “Fed- eral Player of the Week” in the Feb. 16 Washington Post . Collins’ work with activists in Turkey, as well as his ideas for streamlining human rights reporting, led to his nomination for the Rivkin Award. Now posted in La Paz, Collins is focusing on drug trafficking, working with the Bolivian government for solutions. You can read the article at this online link: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/ 2010/02/16/AR2010021601335.html Clements Expat Youth Scholarship Applications Due May 13 Clements International is now accepting applications for its second annual Expat Youth Scholarship program. Scholarships totaling $10,000 will be awarded to six indi- viduals. The contest is open to students ages 12 to 18, of any nationality, who have lived outside of their home country for more than two consecutive years. Applicants must submit an essay and creative media (photos, illustra- tions, etc.) in which they discuss and illustrate their lives as expatriate kids. For more information on this year’s essay theme, please go to www.expatyouthscholarship.com/. The deadline for entries is May 13. 50 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / A P R I L 2 0 1 0 A F S A N E W S AFSA NEWS BRIEFS Life in the Foreign Service ■ BY BRIAN AGGELER Financial Aid Scholarship Established Upon the death of its president, James F. Smith, in December, the Foreign Service Retirees of South- ern Arizona organization has disbanded. The group’s remaining funds of $1,400 have been do- nated to the AFSA Scholarship Fund and will be be- stowed as a need-based Financial Aid Scholarship in FSRSA’s name for the 2010-2011 academic year. For more information on AFSA’s Scholarship Pro- gram, please contact Scholarship Director Lori Dec at dec@afsa.org or by phone at (202) 944-5504. Staff: Executive Director Ian Houston: houston@afsa.org Business Department Controller Kalpna Srimal: srimal@afsa.org Assistant Controller Cory Nishi: cnishi@afsa.org Labor Management General Counsel Sharon Papp: papps@state.gov Deputy General Counsel Zlatana Badrich: badrichz@state.gov Labor Management Specialist James Yorke: yorkej@state.gov Senior Staff Attorney Neera Parikh: parikhna@state.gov Staff Attorney Michael Willats: willatsmr@state.gov Office Manager Christine Warren: warrenc@state.gov USAID Senior Labor Management Adviser Douglas Broome: dbroome@usaid.gov USAID Staff Assistant Patrick Bradley: bradley@afsa.org Member Services Member Services Director Janet Hedrick: hedrick@afsa.org Member Services Representative Michael Laiacona: laiacona@afsa.org Administrative Assistant and Office Manager Ana Lopez: lopez@afsa.org Communications, Marketing and Outreach Retiree Counseling & Legislation Coordinator Bonnie Brown: brown@afsa.org Director of Communications Thomas Switzer: switzer@afsa.org Legislative Director Casey Frary: frary@afsa.org Executive Assistant to the President Austin Tracy: tracy@afsa.org Scholarship Director Lori Dec: dec@afsa.org Scholarship Program Assistant Jonathan Crawford: crawford@afsa.org Exploritas Administrator Bernard Alter: alter@afsa.org Marketing & Outreach Manager Asgeir Sigfusson: sigfusson@afsa.org Special Awards & Outreach Coordinator Perri Green: green@afsa.org AFSA HEADQUARTERS: (202) 338-4045; Fax: (202) 338-6820 STATE DEPARTMENT AFSA OFFICE: (202) 647-8160; Fax: (202) 647-0265 USAID AFSA OFFICE: (202) 712-1941; Fax: (202) 216-3710 FCS AFSA OFFICE: (202) 482-9088; Fax: (202) 482-9087 AFSA WEB SITE: www.afsa.org FSJ: journal@afsa.org PRESIDENT: johnson@afsa.org STATE VP: hirschdm@state.gov RETIREE VP: rghoudek@aol.com USAID VP: fzamora@usaid.gov FAS VP: henry.schmick@fas.usda.gov FCS VP: keith.curtis@mail.doc.gov AFSA News Editor Francesca Kelly : kelly@afsa.org (202) 338-4045, ext. 516; Fax: (202) 338-8244 On the Web : www.afsa.org/fsj and www.fsjournal.org How to Contact Us: Governing Board: PRESIDENT: Susan R. Johnson STATE VP: Daniel Hirsch USAID VP: Francisco Zamora FAS VP: Henry Schmick FCS VP: Keith Curtis RETIREE VP: Robert Houdek SECRETARY: F.A. “Tex” Harris TREASURER: Andrew Winter STATE REPS: Carleton Bulkin, Jorge Delfin, Mary Glantz, Les Hickman, Joyce Namde, Julia Stewart, Mike Unglesbee, Sharon White, Teresa Yata USAID REPS: Michael Henning, Glenn Rogers FCS REP: Rebecca Balogh FAS REP: Melinda Sallyards IBB REP: Al Pessin RETIREE REPS: Janice Bay, Robert (Bill) Farrand, David Passage, Molly Williamson