The Foreign Service Journal, September 2014

AFSA NEWS CALENDAR THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION AFSA Presents 2014 Dissent, Exemplary Performance, Lifetime Achievement Awards Continued on page 56 THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | SEPTEMBER 2014 51 September 1 Labor Day: AFSA Offices Closed September 3 12-2 p.m. AFSA Governing Board Meeting September 4 4:30-6:30 p.m. End-of-Summer Happy Hour September 9 3-4:30 p.m. “The Future of the Voice of America” October 1 12-1:30 p.m. Luncheon: 179th A-100 Class October 8 12-2 p.m. AFSA Governing Board Meeting October 5-10 AFSA Road Scholar Program at Chautauqua, N.Y. October 13 Columbus Day: AFSA Offices Closed On June 18, AFSA honored members of the Foreign Service community for their courage, dedication and outstanding performance through the presentation of its 2014 awards. Some 300 people gath- ered to recognize the award winners at a ceremony, opened by AFSA President Robert J. Silverman, in the Benjamin Franklin Diplomatic Reception Room of the State Department. This year was the first since 2006 that AFSA has presented all four dissent awards (they are conferred only when a fitting recipient is identified). This year, too, the number of deserving nomina- tions received for exemplary performance awards sur- passed that of previous years. Under Secretary of State for Management Patrick Ken- nedy presented the Award for Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy to Charles Stuart “Stu” Kennedy AFSA/JOAQUINSOSA AFSA’s 2014 award winners. Front row, from left: Herter Award winner Jonathan Addleton, Lifetime Award winner Stu Kennedy, Guess Award winner Mary Kay Cunningham and Rivkin Award winner David Holmes. Back row: Claire Coleman, who accepted the Bohlen Award on behalf of winner Kari Osborne; AFSA staff attorney Raeka Safai, who accepted the Harris Award on behalf of winner Nick Pietrowicz; AFSA USAID VP SharonWayne; AFSA Executive Director Ian Houston; AFSA President Robert J. Silverman; Secretary of State John Kerry; AFSA State VP MatthewAsada; Harriman Award winner Ed O’Bryan and AFSAAwards and Outreach Coordinator Perri Green. AFSA/ADRIANRIOS AFSA President Robert J. Silverman opened the 2014 AFSA Awards ceremony on June 18. U.S.DEPARTMENTOFSTATE