The Foreign Service Journal, September 2004

CFC: Support American Diplomacy It is that time of year again: time to consider a Combined Federal Campaign contribution. AFSA urges members to consider donating to one of the two AFSA CFC funds. AFSA SCHOLARSHIP FUND: CFC #2422 The AFSA Scholarship Fund provides over $150,000 each year to Foreign Service children to help meet college expenses. Please support Foreign Service families by donating to this fund. AFSA FUND FOR AMERICAN DIPLOMACY: CFC #2460 AFSA strives to build a constituency for the Foreign Service through the activities of the Fund for American Diplomacy. Through nationwide education programs — including the Speakers’ Bureau, Elderhostel, the AFSA High School Essay Contest, the Inside a U.S. Embassy book, the award program and more —AFSA shows the American public how U.S. diplomacy promotes America’s interests abroad. For more information on the programs support- ed by these funds, go to www.afsa.org/ scholar/index.cfm for scholarships and www.afsa.org/pubresources.cfm for FAD. Information is also available fromAFSA CFC Coordinator Lori Dec, reachable by phone: (202) 944-5504 or by e-mail: dec@afsa.org. AFSA thanks you in advance for your support. Briefs • Continued on page 8 2 AFSA NEWS • SEPTEMBER 2004 AFSA NEWS BRIEFS First Patterson Scholarship Awarded On July 14 at a recruiting lunch for the Foreign Agricultural Service, AFSA announced the winner of the first Martin G. Patterson Scholarship. The recipient of the $1,700 scholarship for 2004 is Natalie Jones, a junior studying nursing at Brigham Young University. Natalie is the daughter of Jeff Jones, an FSO with FAS. The Patterson Scholarship was created to honor the memory of Martin “Marty” G. Patterson, an FSO with the Foreign Agricultural Service who passed away in July 2003. Each year the recipient of the Patterson Scholarship, which goes to the child of a FAS or APHIS Foreign Service officer, will be provided biographical information about Patterson and his family. As of early July, over $17,000 had been donated by 92 individuals in support of this perpetual scholarship. The scholarship was created in 2003 as an AFSA Financial Aid Scholarship program, and only the interest is used for the award, so it will not be depleted. More information about Marty Patterson and the scholarship can be found at www.martinpattersonscholarship.com. A donation form is at www.martinpattersonscholarship.com/donation%20Letter.doc. D onations can be made online or by mail, e-mail or fax. Credit-card donations are welcome. In addi- tion, checks payable to the “AFSA Scholarship Fund” with “In Memory of Martin Patterson” in the memo line, can be sent to Lori Dec, Scholarship Director, AFSA, 2101 E St. N.W., Washington, DC 20037. 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 Charles Henderson: hendersonch@state.gov an d Neera Parikh: parikhna@state.gov Office Manager Christine Warren: warrenc@state.gov Law Clerk Marques Peterson: petersonmo@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: Pamela Bates, Scot L. Folensbee, 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: Alex Belida FAS REPRESENTATIVE: Michael Conlon Front row: Alicia and Constanza Valdes-Patterson. Back row: Bill Westman, Mike Conlon, Eric Wenberg and Kyle Cunningham, all instrumental in establishing the scholarship.