The Foreign Service Journal, May 2022

8 MAY 2022 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL www.sfiprogram.org SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE SFI-01268 Certified Sourcing Editor-in-Chief, Director of Publications Shawn Dorman: dorman@afsa.org Senior Editor Susan Brady Maitra: maitra@afsa.org Managing Editor Kathryn Owens: owens@afsa.org Associate Editor Julia Wohlers: wohlers@afsa.org Publications Coordinator Hannah McDaniel: mcdaniel@afsa.org Business Development Manager— Advertising and Circulation Molly Long: long@afsa.org Art Director Caryn Suko Smith Editorial Board Alexis Ludwig, Chair Hon. Robert M. Beecroft Jane Carpenter-Rock Daniel Crocker Joel Ehrendreich Harry Kopp Bronwyn Llewellyn Jess McTigue Joe Tordella Vivian Walker Hon. 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