The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2010

AFSA Expands Social Media Presence In early May, AFSA established its own Twitter account (www.twitter.com/afsatweets ), where we are now “tweeting” away on matters having to do with AFSA and the Foreign Service. In addition to our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/afsapage , at 1,700 fans and counting), the Twitter account will help AFSA broadcast its mes- sage across a variety of new platforms to keep members abreast of news, events, updates and other important issues. We will also “retweet” important messages from other sources that are of rele- vance to the Foreign Service community. AFSA Signs Agreement with WETA AFSA is pleased to announce a new agreement with the Washington, D.C.-based Public Broadcasting Service station, WETA. This agreement incorporates AFSA as a partner inWETA Forum, a new aggregator Web site that collects recordings of inter- esting events in the Washington area. WETA Forum has been made possible through grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS, National Public Radio and the Boston-area PBS affiliate WGBH. Recordings of AFSA’s events, such as our Lockheed Martin-sponsored speaker series and our Book Notes programs, are now available for viewing to anyone. To visit WETA Forum, simply go to www.weta.org/video/forum. AFSA is listed as a partner on that page, and you can access our videos from there. Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy to be Adair Lecturer J. Stapleton Roy, former ambassador to China, Singapore and Indonesia, and currently vice chairman of Kissinger Associates, is this year’s speaker for AFSA’s Adair Lecture at American University’s School of International Service. His topic will be “U.S.-China Relations: Opportunities and Challenges Ahead.” The program is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 1 at 4 p.m. in the Kaye Memorial Chapel on the main A.U. campus. Amb. Roy will be the fourth AFSA speaker in the Adair Family Memorial Series, generously funded by a grant from the Adair family to AFSA’s Fund for American Diplomacy. Prior speakers have been Ambassadors Wendy Chamberlin, Thomas Pickering and Marc Grossman. All AFSA members and friends are cordially invited to attend. Check with AFSA Communications Director Tom Switzer in late August for final program details via e-mail to switzer@afsa.org . 60 F OR E I GN S E R V I C E J OU R N A L / J U L Y - A UGU S T 2 0 1 0 A F S A N E W S AFSA NEWS BRIEFS Life in the Foreign Service ■ BY BRIAN AGGELER Staff: Executive Director Ian Houston: houston@afsa.org Business Department Director of Finance Femi Oshobukola: oshobukola@afsa.org Controller Kalpna Srimal: srimal@afsa.org Assistant Controller Cory Nishi: cnishi@afsa.org Labor Management General Counsel Sharon Papp: papps@state.gov Deputy General Counsel Zlatana Badrich: badrichz@state.gov Labor Management Specialist James Yorke: yorkej@state.gov Senior Staff Attorney Neera Parikh: parikhna@state.gov Staff Attorney Michael Willats: willatsmr@state.gov Office Manager Christine Warren: warrenc@state.gov USAID Senior Labor Management Adviser Douglas Broome: dbroome@usaid.gov USAID Staff Assistant Patrick Bradley: bradley@afsa.org Member Services Member Services Director Janet Hedrick: hedrick@afsa.org Member Services Representative Michael Laiacona: laiacona@afsa.org Administrative Assistant and Office Manager Ana Lopez: lopez@afsa.org Communications, Marketing and Outreach Retiree Counseling & Legislation Coordinator Bonnie Brown: brown@afsa.org Director of Communications Thomas Switzer: switzer@afsa.org Legislative Director Casey Frary: frary@afsa.org Executive Assistant to the President Austin Tracy: tracy@afsa.org Scholarship Director Lori Dec: dec@afsa.org Scholarship Program Assistant Jonathan Crawford: crawford@afsa.org Road Scholar Administrator Bernard Alter: alter@afsa.org Marketing & Outreach Manager Asgeir Sigfusson: sigfusson@afsa.org Special Awards & Outreach Coordinator Perri Green: green@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: johnson@afsa.org STATE VP: hirschdm@state.gov RETIREE VP: rghoudek@aol.com USAID VP: fzamora@usaid.gov FAS VP: henry.schmick@fas.usda.gov FCS VP: keith.curtis@mail.doc.gov AFSA News Editor Francesca Kelly : kelly@afsa.org (202) 338-4045, ext. 516; Fax: (202) 338-8244 On the Web : www.afsa.org/fsj and www.fsjournal.org How to Contact Us: Governing Board: PRESIDENT: Susan R. Johnson STATE VP: Daniel Hirsch USAID VP: Francisco Zamora FAS VP: Henry Schmick FCS VP: Keith Curtis RETIREE VP: Robert Houdek SECRETARY: F.A. “Tex” Harris TREASURER: Andrew Winter STATE REPS: Carleton Bulkin, Mary Glantz, Les Hickman, Joyce Namde, Julia Stewart, Mike Unglesbee, Sharon White USAID REPS: Michael Henning, Glenn Rogers FCS REP: Rebecca Balogh FAS REP: Melinda Sallyards IBB REP: Al Pessin RETIREE REPS: Janice Bay, Robert (Bill) Farrand, Molly Williamson