The Foreign Service Journal, April 2005

2 AFSA NEWS • APRIL 2005 AFSA NEWS BRIEFS Life in the Foreign Service ■ BY BRIAN AGGELER, FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER Assist Family of Fallen FSN Riyadh Wahiab Hamad Al-Jabouri, a Foreign Service National interpreter for Embassy Baghdad, was ambushed and killed on his way to work on Jan. 10. He leaves behind a widow and six children, ages 6 to 22. AFSA encourages members to consider making a contribution to a scholarship and emergency fund to benefit the children of Riyadh Hamad. “Riyadh was a generous man, a true gentleman who always thought first of those around him,” according to Embassy Baghdad. “He was a courageous man who, though expressing fear for his and other FSNs’ safety, was willing day after day to risk his life to come to work, to make a difference.” He will be remembered as a loving father, a wonderful English professor and mentor to Embassy Baghdad’s political section FSNs. Those donating to the fund to benefit Hamad’s family should send their contributions to the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund, a private, nonprofit organization exclusively ded- icated to providing assistance to federal civilian and postal employees and their dependents. All contributions to the FEEA Fund qualify as charitable contributions for tax purposes. Contributions should be sent to the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund, 8441 West Bowles Avenue, Suite 200, Littleton CO 80123. Please make your contribution payable to “FEEA” with an indication on the check's memo line that the donation is intended for the “Federal Diplomatic Family Assistance Fund — Hamad” or simply: “FDFAF-Hamad.” In her February column, AFSA State VP Louise Crane made an appeal for members to contribute to the FSN Compensation Fund, dedicated to helping our FSN colleagues and their families who are victims of earthquakes, floods, hurricanes and terrorism. Contributions to this fund can be mailed to: Donna Bordley, Gift Funds Coordinator, FMP, Rm. 7427, U.S. Department of State, Washington DC 20520. Make checks payable to the Department of State. Please contact Ms. Bordley at bordleyds@state.gov for more information. Briefs • Continued on page 5 Staff: Executive Director Susan Reardon: reardon@afsa.org Business Department Controller Kalpna Srimal: srimal@afsa.org Accounting Assistant Steven Tipton: tipton@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 USAID Senior Labor Management Advisor Douglas Broome: dbroome@usaid.gov USAID Office Manager Asgeir Sigfusson: asigfusson@usaid.gov Grievance Attorneys Neera Parikh: parikhna@state.gov and Joe Slotnick: slotnick@state.gov Office Manager Christine Warren: warrenc@state.gov Law Clerk Lindsay Kay: kaylb@state.gov Member Services Director Janet Hedrick: hedrick@afsa.org Representative Cory Nishi: nishi@afsa.org Web site & Database Associate Meijing Shan: shan@afsa.org 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 Ken Nakamura: nakamura@afsa.org Corporate Relations/Executive Assistant Austin Tracy: tracy@afsa.org Scholarship Director Lori Dec: dec@afsa.org Professional Issues Coordinator Barbara Berger: berger@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 AFSA E-MAIL: afsa@afsa.org AFSA NEWS: afsanews@afsa.org FSJ: journal@afsa.org PRESIDENT: limbert@afsa.org STATE VP: cranelk@state.gov RETIREE VP: jones@afsa.org USAID VP : wcarter@usaid.gov FCS VP: charles.ford@mail.doc.gov FAS VP: Laura.Scandurra@usda.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 W. Limbert STATE VICE PRESIDENT: Louise K. Crane USAID VICE PRESIDENT: Bill Carter FCS VICE PRESIDENT: Charles A. Ford FAS VICE PRESIDENT: Laura Scandurra RETIREE VICE PRESIDENT: George F. Jones SECRETARY: F.A. “Tex” Harris TREASURER: Danny Hall STATE REPRESENTATIVES: Todd A. Kushner, Elizabeth Horst, Scot L. Folensbee, Tulinabo Mushingi, John C. Sullivan, Jim Wagner USAID REPRESENTATIVE: Thomas Olson FCS REPRESENTATIVE: William Crawford RETIREE REPRESENTATIVES: Gilbert Sheinbaum, David E. Reuther, Theodore S. Wilkinson, III, Stanley A. Zuckerman IBB REPRESENTATIVE: Sheldon Daitch FAS REPRESENTATIVE: Michael Conlon