The Foreign Service Journal, September 2017

72 SEPTEMBER 2017 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL AFSA NEWS JOSH GLAZEROF F STATE REPRESENTATIVE Josh Glazeroff has 20 years of experience in the Foreign Service. He has served over- seas in Santo Domingo, Durban and New Delhi. His postings in Washington, D.C, include Burma desk officer, career devel- opment officer in the Bureau of Human Resources, senior watch officer in the Operations Center and manager of the Office of Fraud Prevention Programs for the Bureau of Consular Affairs. He currently serves as the chief of recruitment outreach for the State Department. Mr. Glazeroff was born in Detroit, Michigan. He grew up in Newburgh, New York, and earned a bachelor’s degree in biol- ogy from Harvard College and a master’s degree in teaching biology from Brown University. LAWRENCE W. K . CASSEL LE STATE REPRESENTATIVE Lawrence W. K. Casselle joined the State Department as a Diplomatic Security spe- cial agent in 2003. Mr. Casselle is currently serving as deputy director in the Office of Intelligence Operations & Oversight in the Bureau of Intelligence & Research. Mr. Casselle previously served as the Diplomatic Security branch chief for Overseas Protective Operations, Facilities Protection Division; in the State Department’s Operations Center; on the protective detail for Secretary of State Con- doleezza Rice and in Diplomatic Security’s New York Field Office. His overseas assignments include United Arab Emir- ates, Afghanistan and Belize. A native of Las Vegas, Nevada, he is a 1998 graduate of Hampton University with a bachelor’s degree in political science. Mr. Casselle served on the AFSA Governing Board as a State Representative from 2015 to 2017 and currently serves on the Foreign Service Journal Editorial Board. MART I N MCDOWEL L STATE REPRESENTATIVE Martin McDowell joined the Foreign Service in 1998 and currently serves as the deputy director in the Office for Central Europe in the Bureau for European and Eurasian Affairs. Previous overseas assignments include Slovakia, El Salvador, Moldova and Slovenia. In Washington, Mr. McDowell also worked as a special assistant to the under secretary for political affairs and as the desk officer for Norway and Sweden. He received an M.A. in education from the University of Alabama in 1996 and an M.A. in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College in 2010. Born and raised in Alabama, Mr. McDowell and his family now live in Fairfax, Virginia. Mr. McDowell ran for theAFSAGoverning Board because“he wanted to help protect our Foreign Service and help explain what we do and why it matters to theAmerican people.” MATTHEW H I LGENDORF FCS ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE Matthew Hilgendorf is a commercial officer with the U.S. Commercial Service, currently assigned to the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C. Prior to his assignment to the IADB, Mr. Hilgendorf supported Department of Commerce work in the South Asia region as principal commercial officer in Kolkata, and inWashington, D.C., as a member of the U.S.-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue coordinating team. A native of New Mexico, he is a graduate of American University and the United World College of the Adriatic. He has previously served overseas in Chile and Mexico, and in the United States as an international trade specialist in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Mr. Hilgendorf stood for office with AFSA because he believes that “when you have an opportunity to make a posi- tive contribution, you must take it—both for your own good and the good of your organization.” THOM WR I GHT FAS ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE ThomWright joined the Foreign Agricul- tural Service in 2006 and has served in New Delhi and Jakarta. He is currently the deputy director of the FAS Office of Public Affairs. Mr. Wright holds a bachelor’s degree in French from Evergreen State College and a master’s degree in agricultural economics from Michigan State Univer- sity. He grew up in Washington state and enjoys cycling when he is not spending time with his wife and two children. Mr. Wright appreciates the chance to serve as AFSA FAS representative as he believes strong dialogue between man- agement and officers of all levels is essential for a healthy and robust Foreign Service.