The Foreign Service Journal, June 2005

Hail and Farewell Kalpna Srimal has resigned as AFSA Controller, effective May 10. Kalpna worked for AFSA for over five years. We are sad to see her go, but wish her all the best. AFSA has promoted Accounting Assistant Steve Tipton to the controller position. We are pleased to have someone in the ranks so well-qualified to take over this important role. Norma Reyes has joined the AFSA staff in a newly created part-time position, Retiree Coordinator for Recruitment and Communication. Norma is a retired FSO and former Peace Corps recruiter. Her Foreign Service assignments included four postings as a narcotics affairs officer, inWashington, Brasilia and Bogota. During her 35-year career with the federal government, she worked for six different agencies in about 19 different jobs. AFSA plans to put her recruitment experience to work helping us attract and retain more retiree members. Norma can be reached by e-mail: reyes@afsa.org, or phone: (202) 338-4045, ext. 514. 2 AFSA NEWS • JUNE 2005 AFSA NEWS BRIEFS Life in the Foreign Service BY BRIAN AGGELER, FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER Staff: Executive Director Susan Reardon: reardon@afsa.org Business Department Controller 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 Adviser 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 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 Retiree Recruitment Coordinator Norma Reyes: reyes@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 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: Donald Businger RETIREE REPRESENTATIVES: Gilbert Sheinbaum, David E. Reuther, Theodore S. Wilkinson, III, Stanley A. Zuckerman IBB REPRESENTATIVE: Sheldon Daitch FAS REPRESENTATIVE: Michael Conlon Briefs • Continued on page 3 Bill Crawford, AFSA’s FCS representative, resigned from the AFSA Governing Board in April, because of an upcoming assignment to Iraq. He volunteered to be the commercial attaché for Embassy Baghdad and headed out to his new assignment in May. During his tenure on the Governing Board, Bill served as a member of the AFSA Awards Committee. He also focused par- ticular effort on recruitment and membership, as well as out- reach to FCS officers temporarily located in the Washington, D.C., area. Thanks to Bill’s leadership, AFSA/FCS is now in reg- ular contact with members in the area and holds periodic out- reach briefings at FSI. We commend him for his valuable ser- vice to AFSA and especially the FCS membership. For the duration of the 2003-2005 Governing Board term, the FCS Representative position will be filled by incoming FCS Vice President Donald Businger. Board Member Heading to Baghdad