The Foreign Service Journal, June 2015

AFSA NEWS THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | JUNE 2015 65 AFSAWelcomes Summer Interns We are pleased to welcome our group of summer interns. Advocacy: Aldo Perez is a student at The George Wash- ington University Law School in Washington, D.C. He is from Miami, Florida. Awards: Casey Knerr is a sophomore at Georgetown University, majoring in sci- ence, technology and inter- national affairs. Casey is from Berlin, Maryland. Communications: Amy Jones is a second-year stu- dent at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. A native of London, she is pur- suing degrees in history and international relations. Executive Office: Maryland native Nicole ‘Nikki’ Roche is a political science major at Northeastern University in Boston. The Foreign Service Jour- nal: Shannon Mizzi returns for a second semester with us. Originally from Boston, she has a degree in history from the Royal Holloway University of London. Advertising: Isabelle Ninh is a rising senior at the Uni- versity of California, Santa Barbara, where she studies political science. Her home- town is McLean, Virginia. We thank departing interns Asma Shethwala, Tom Garo- falo, William Read, Stephan Skora, Tina Yan, Kavanaugh Waddell and Brianna Pope for their great work this past spring and wish them the best. n NEWS BRIEF AFSA/DEBRABLOME WI L L I AM R . R I VK I N AWARD DONOR LUNCHEON Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Charles Rivkin met with previous recipients of theWilliamR. Rivkin Award during an April 27 luncheon hosted by AFSA. The award has been conferred to a mid-level officer for constructive dissent every year since 1968. From left: Assistant Secretary Charles Rivkin, his wife Susan Tolson and AFSAPresident Robert J. Silverman. n