The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2011

FSYF Welcome-Back Picnic Every September, the Foreign Service Youth Foundation organizes a welcome-back picnic for FS families who have recent- ly returned from overseas. This year, the picnic will take place on Sun., Sept. 18, from 4 to 6:30 p.m., at Nottoway Park in Vienna, Va. Please join us even if you have not returned to the D.C. area recently. The picnic is a great opportunity to make new friends, reconnect with old ones and welcome home your colleagues. FSYF will provide hot dogs and hamburgers (including a vegetarian option) and drinks. Please bring a salad, side dish or dessert to share. The picnic will have a carnival theme, with fun for children of all ages, including face painting, a magician and carnival games. RSVP to fsyf@fsyf.org by Wed., Sept. 14. 51st Annual Art & BookFair The 51st annual Art & BookFair of the Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide will take place from Fri., Oct. 14, through Sun., Oct. 23. As usual, the event will be held in the Diplomatic Exhibit Hall in the Harry S Truman building. The fair will feature books, art, collectibles and stamps and coins from all over the world. All proceeds benefit Foreign Service families and the AAFSW Scholar- ship Fund. Donations are now being accepted. For dona- tion pickup, please call (202) 223-5796 or e-mail book- room@aafsw.org. Adair Family Memorial Lecture AFSA, in conjunction with the School of International Studies at American University, will present Amb. R. Nicholas Burns, former under secretary of State for political affairs, speaking on the subject of Foreign Service challenges in the 21st century. The Fifth Annual Adair Family Memorial lec- ture will be held on Wed., Aug. 31, at 3:30 p.m., in the Kaye Memorial Chapel on the main A.U. campus in Washington, D.C. This program inaugurates the fall semester for A.U.’s School of International Studies. For more information, please e-mail switzer@afsa.org. 36 F OR E I GN S E R V I C E J OU R N A L / J U L Y - A UGU S T 2 0 1 1 A F S A N E W S AFSA NEWS BRIEFS Staff: Executive Director Ian Houston: houston@afsa.org Business Department Director of Finance Femi Oshobukola: oshobukola@afsa.org Controller KalpnaSrimal: 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 Labor Management Counselor Janet Weber: weber@afsa.org Senior Staff Attorney Neera Parikh: parikhna@state.gov StaffAttorneyRaekaSafai: safair@state.gov StaffAttorneyAndrewLarge: largea@state.gov Office Manager Christine Warren: warrenc@state.gov USAID Senior Labor Management Adviser Douglas Broome: dbroome@usaid.gov USAID Staff Assistant Stefan Geyer: sgeyer@usaid.gov Member Services Member Services Director Janet Hedrick: hedrick@afsa.org Member Services Representative Kristy Pomes: pomes@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 Director of Policy Edward Dickens: dickens@afsa.org Executive Assistant tothe President Patrick Bradley: bradley@afsa.org Scholarship Director Lori Dec: dec@afsa.org Scholarship Program Assistant Jonathan Crawford: crawford@afsa.org Road Scholar Administrator Bernard Alter: alter@afsa.org Marketing & Outreach Manager Asgeir Sigfusson: sigfusson@afsa.org Special Awards & Outreach Coordinator Perri Green: green@afsa.org Web and IT Assistant Jeff Lau: lau@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 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 Donna Ayerst: ayerst@afsa.org (202) 944-5516; Fax: (202) 338-6820 Foreign Service Journal FSJ: journal@afsa.org Editor Steven Alan Honley: honley@afsa.org Senior Editor Susan Maitra: maitra@afsa.org Associate Editor Shawn Dorman: dorman@afsa.org Ad & Circulation Manager Ed Miltenberger: miltenberger@afsa.org Art Director Caryn Suko Smith: journaldesign@comcast.net On the Web AFSA WEB SITE: www.afsa.org FSJ: www.afsa.org/fsj 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 Ako Cromwell Mary Glantz Mike Haughey Les Hickman Bruce Matthews Raymond Maxwell Joyce Namde Lynn Nelson Sharon White USAID REPS: Michael Henning Glenn Rogers FCS REP: Stephen Morrison FAS REP: Melinda Sallyards IBB REP: Al Pessin RETIREE REPS: Janice Bay Robert (Bill) Farrand Mary Ellen Gilroy Molly Williamson Hail and Farewell to AFSA Interns AFSA welcomes our new summer interns: Asa Horner joins us as the Foreign Service Journal editorial intern, Rebekah Yurco is our new public affairs intern, Jamie Long is the legislative affairs intern, and Minh-Nhat “Leo” Tran will join us in August as the new advertising and publications intern. We bid farewell to our outgoing interns: marketing and outreach intern Mina Seljogi, legislative affairs intern Stefan Geyer and advertis- ing intern Susanne Brands. We thank them for their exemplary work and wish them all the best! More information on AFSA internships is available on our Web site at www.afsa.org/internships_at_afsa.aspx.