The Foreign Service Journal, September 2009

S E P T E M B E R 2 0 0 9 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 67 ment’s overseas motor vehicle pro- gram. He has been an active AFSA member since 1985. Mr. Hirsch is married to Rolanda de Fatima Spencer Hirsch and is a proud father to Aleks (26) and Hannah (13). USAID VP: Francisco Zamora* Francisco Zamora began his career with USAID in December 1980 as an international development intern and was assigned in 1982 to Bamako. Other overseas assignments were in Liberia, Honduras and Egypt. Upon his return toWashington, he worked as an assignment and performance coun- selor in the Human Resources Office, as a health officer in the Infectious Dis- ease division of the Global Health Bu- reau and as chief of the Maternal and Child Health Division. Mr. Zamora was appointed USAID representative in 2006 and elected AFSA vice presi- dent for USAID in July 2007. FAS VP: Henry Schmick* Henry Schmick, after many long and tedious summers working on the family farm, fled the production side of agriculture to teach math in the Peace Corps (working in Zaire, which doesn’t exist any longer). He then taught about software for a computer company (DEC, which also doesn’t exist any longer) and is now a member of the Foreign Agricultural Service (which, he notes thankfully, does still exist—albeit with a budget crunch). During his 25- year career with FAS, Mr. Schmick has been assigned toArgentina, Kenya,Viet- nam and theWorld Trade Organization in Switzerland (also known as “Virtual Switzerland” or WTO-Land). FCS VP: Keith Curtis* Keith Curtis, a Senior FSO, has served with the Foreign Commercial Service for 20 years, working in Japan, Washington, Brazil and Sweden. Pre- viously he was employed for 10 years with the McDonnell Douglas Corpo- ration. Mr. Curtis is an expert in en- ergy issues and is currently serving as an adviser to the deputy assistant sec- retary for international operations. Retiree VP: Robert Houdek During a 35-year Foreign Service ca- reer, Bob Houdek served as chief of mission in Uganda, Ethiopia and Er- itrea; as deputy chief of mission in Kenya and Sierra Leone; and in Wash- ington, D.C., as deputy assistant secre- tary in the Africa Bureau and as special assistant to National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger. He is a native Chicagoan, a graduate of Beloit College and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and was a midcareer fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University. State Reps: Carleton Bulkin A Foreign Service officer since 1998 and formerly a Fascell Fellow, Carleton Bulkin is a political officer who has served in Prague, Havana, Moscow, Bu- dapest and Kabul. He is currently the deputy director for NATO operations in the Office of European Security and Po- litical Affairs. Mr. Bulkin was an AFSA representative inMoscow and Budapest. Jorge Delfin As a security technical specialist with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Jorge Delfin has served in Tunis, Mexico City andWashington. He is a member of the Security Technology/ComputerMainte- nance Management System Steering Committee. Mr. Delfin is firmly com- mitted to providing community service, as evidenced by his involvement with the Miner Elementary-Department of State initiative. As a State representative, he is particularly interested in supporting Foreign Service specialists. Mary Glantz Mary Glantz, a political officer, joined the Foreign Service in 2002. Since then she has served in Baku, Jerusalem and Washington, D.C. She is currently the Poland desk officer. Ms. Glantz has served as anAFSA post representative in Baku and in Jerusalem. She holds a doc- torate in diplomatic history from Tem- ple University. Les Hickman Les Hickman has more than 25 years of Foreign Service experience with con- sular tours in Manila, Bombay (Mum- bai), Dharhan, Washington and Am- man, as well as other assignments in the Multinational Force and Observers- Sinai, and the Bureaus of Near Eastern Affairs, Intelligence and Research, and Oceans and International Environmen- tal and Scientific Affairs. An AFSA member since 1982, Mr. Hickman was anAFSApost representative in India and Saudi Arabia. Joyce Namde A consular officer by cone, Joyce Winchel Namde has served as post rep- resentative in two locations and on the AFSA Governing and Editorial Boards from 2005-2007. Her overseas tours in- clude London, Lagos, Manila, Ciudad Juarez and Port-au-Prince. InWashing- ton, Ms.Namde served in the Bureaus of Oceans and International Environmen- tal and Scientific Affairs and Interna- tional Organization Affairs, and is currently in the Africa Bureau. She will use her understanding of both profes- sional and personal FS challenges to serve all AFSA members. Julia (Julie) Stewart A human resources expert with prior experience in government contracting and information technology companies, as well as with adult ESL/EFL training in the U.S. and Italy, Julie Stewart is cur- rently a post management officer in the Joint Executive Office, supporting both the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs and the Bureau of International Organization Affairs. She also served as a financial management officer inKabul, GSO in Brussels and a consular officer in Islamabad. Ms. Stewart is a strong ad- vocate of matching resources to respon- sibilities and will endeavor to secure the attention needed to focus on our goals. Mike Unglesbee A general services officer specialist, Mike Unglesbee has served as GSO in Taipei and Beijing, management officer in the Central African Republic, and A F S A N E W S