66 SEPTEMBER 2018 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL AFSA NEWS AFSA Welcomes New Retirement Benefits Counselor AFSA is pleased to welcome Dolores Marie Brown as our new retirement benefits counselor. She joins a membership team that is highly focused on retiree needs and services, and her knowledge and experience will play a vital role in this area going forward. Dolores recently retired from the Foreign Service after a 33-year career. She therefore has very recent experience with the retirement process, 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 relationships with subject matter experts and other resources, writing retiree-focused content for AFSA’s publications and the AFSA website, developing programs and webinars of interest to retirees and members who are close to retirement, and engaging with the Foreign Service Online Community. Dolores joined the Foreign Service in 1985 as a management 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 Operations Center responsible for the Watch; 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 assistant secretary in the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations. Dolores has a bachelor’s degree in Russian area studies from Barnard College and a master’s degree from the School of International Affairs at Columbia 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 Terrorist 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. COURTESY JUNE APPEL Dolores Marie Brown
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