The Foreign Service Journal, September 2018

66 SEPTEMBER 2018 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL AFSA NEWS AFSAWelcomes New Retirement Benefits Counselor AFSA is pleased to welcome Dolores Marie Brown as our new retirement benefits coun- selor. She joins a membership team that is highly focused on retiree needs and services, and her knowledge and expe- rience will play a vital role in this area going forward. Dolores recently retired from the Foreign Service after a 33-year career. She there- fore has very recent experi- ence with the retirement pro- cess, the Job Search Program and the many questions and challenges that come with transitioning into retirement. Dolores is available for one-on-one conversations with retired AFSA members. In addition, her portfolio includes fostering relation- ships with subject matter experts and other resources, writing retiree-focused con- tent for AFSA’s publications and the AFSA website, devel- oping programs and webi- nars of interest to retirees and members who are close to retirement, and engag- ing with the Foreign Service Online Community. Dolores joined the Foreign Service in 1985 as a manage- ment officer and retired with the rank of Minister Counselor earlier this year. She started as a general services officer in apartheid South Africa; other past assignments included deputy director of the Opera- tions Center responsible for theWatch; deputy chief of mission in Tallinn; the first State Department deputy of the Terrorist Screening Center, established after 9/11; management counselor in Cairo; and deputy assis- tant secretary in the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations. Dolores has a bach- elor’s degree in Rus- sian area studies from Barnard College and a master’s degree from the School of Interna- tional Affairs at Colum- bia University, again focusing on Russian history and politics. She is a four-time recipient of the Superior Honor Award and also received the Director’s Award from the Federal Bureau of Investigation for her work founding the Terror- ist Screening Center. Her late husband worked for Agence France-Presse, and was known for his reporting during the waning years of apartheid. She has two grown sons, Richard and Will. Ms. Brown is available at brown@afsa.org and (202) 944-5510. She will be in the office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9 a.m to 5 p.m. n Join the FSJ Centennial Celebration Please join The Foreign Service Journal Centennial Celebration by snapping a photo of yourself (or a friend or family member) reading the Journal wherever you are—the more distant from D.C., the better! Photos should be 1 MB or larger if possible. In the sample here, FS family member June Appel peruses the FSJ at a market in Entebbe, Uganda. Send submissions to journal@ afsa.org , and please include details about yourself and the photo location and date. n FS family member June Appel peruses the Journal at a market in Entebbe. COURTESYJUNEAPPEL Dolores Marie Brown