The Foreign Service Journal, January 2008

58 F OR E I GN S E R V I C E J OU R N A L / J A NU A R Y 2 0 0 8 A F S A N E W S AFSA NEWS BRIEFS Staff: Executive Director John Mamone: mamone@afsa.org Business Department Controller Twee Nguyen: nguyen@afsa.org Accounting Assistant Jon Reed: reed@afsa.org Labor Management General Counsel Sharon Papp: papps@state.gov Labor Management Attorney Zlatana Badrich: badrichz@state.gov Labor Management Specialist James Yorke: yorkej@state.gov Grievance Attorneys Neera Parikh: parikhna@state.gov and Holly Rich: richhe@state.gov Office Manager Christine Warren: warrenc@state.gov USAID Senior Labor Management Adviser Douglas Broome: dbroome@usaid.gov USAID Office Manager Asgeir Sigfusson: asigfusson@usaid.gov Member Services Director Janet Hedrick: hedrick@afsa.org Representative Cory Nishi: nishi@afsa.org Web-site & Database Associate: vacant Administrative Assistant Ana Lopez: lopez@afsa.org Outreach Programs Retiree Liaison Bonnie Brown: brown@afsa.org Director of Communications Thomas Switzer: switzer@afsa.org Congressional Affairs Director Ian Houston: houston@afsa.org Executive Assistant to the President Austin Tracy: tracy@afsa.org Scholarship Director Lori Dec: dec@afsa.org Professional Issues Coordinator Barbara Berger: berger@afsa.org Elderhostel Coordinator Janice Bay: bay@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: naland@afsa.org STATE VP: kashkettsb@state.gov RETIREE VP: pamichko@aol.com USAID VP: fzamora@usaid.gov FCS VP: donald.businger@mail.doc.gov AFSA News Editor Shawn Dorman : dorman@afsa.org (202) 338-4045 x 503; Fax: (202) 338-8244 On the Web : www.afsa.org/news How to Contact Us: Governing Board: PRESIDENT: John Naland STATE VP: Steve Kashkett USAID VP: Francisco Zamora FAS VP: Vacant FCS VP: Donald Businger RETIREE VP: Robert W. Farrand SECRETARY: F.A. “Tex” Harris TREASURER: Andrew Winter STATE REPS: Anne Aguilera, Oscar DeSoto, David Firestein, Jim McRea, Sandy Robinson, Shayna Steinger, Daphne Titus, Andrea Tomaszewicz USAID REP: Michael Henning FCS REP: Stephen Anderson FAS REP: Vacant IBB REP: Al Pessin RETIREE REPS: Barbara Bodine, Herman Cohen, Harry Geisel, David Passage Notes from the Boards Both Ambassador Michael Guest and Margaret Riccardelli resigned from their positions as active-duty State representa- tives to the AFSA Governing Board due to their retirement from the Foreign Service. For many years, Amb. Guest pushed for rights for Members of Household (and was honored in 2006 with a Constructive Dissent Award from AFSA for those efforts), but ultimately left the Service over a lack of progress. Amb. Howard Jeter resigned from his position as a retiree representative on the AFSA Governing Board in November due to scheduling conflicts. The Governing Board appointed two new active-duty State representatives, Anne Aguilera and Shayna Steinger, and one new retiree rep, Ambassador Barbara Bodine. Aguilera is a management-cone officer who joined the Foreign Service in March 1986 and has served in San Jose, Bogota, Bridgetown, Santo Domingo, Lima, Baghdad and Washington, D.C. She is cur- rently serving as the post management offi- cer for India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal in the Near Eastern Affairs Bureau. Shayna Steinger joined the Foreign Service as a political officer in 1999. She has been posted to Sanaa, Baghdad, Beirut, Jeddah and Washington. She is currently serving as a desk officer in the Near Eastern Affairs Bureau’s Office of Israel and Palesinian Affairs, responsible for Continued on page 62 Life in the Foreign Service BY BRIAN AGGELER