The Foreign Service Journal, September 2018

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | SEPTEMBER 2018 69 AFSA NEWS Roy Perrin State Representative A career member of the Senior Foreign Ser- vice, Roy Perrin joined the Office of Central American Affairs as deputy director in 2016 and helps lead implementation of the U.S. strategy for Central America to combat illicit trafficking, illegal immigration and transnational crime. He was formerly deputy consul general in Erbil, leading efforts to degrade and defeat ISIS. Roy previously served as chargé d’affaires, acting deputy chief of mission, and counselor for political, economic and narcotics affairs at U.S. Embassy San Jose, as an economic and labor officer at U.S. Embassy Beijing and as acting consul general in Chengdu. He has also served in Caracas and Bangkok, and in the State Department’s Operations Center Crisis Management Office. Roy was the 2011 recipient of the U.S. Department of State’s Award for Excellence in Labor Diplomacy for his work in China, and he has received four State Department Superior Honor Awards. A native of New Orleans, La., Roy earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering fromVanderbilt University and a J.D. fromTulane Law School, serving as editor-in-chief of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal . Prior to entering the Foreign Service, Roy practiced law in California and Louisiana. He is married to Michele Perrin, who also works for the State Department, and they have one daughter, Isabel. An active member of AFSA, Roy filled a short vacancy on the Governing Board as an entry-level officer. He has been an AFSA post representative at three overseas missions, and in 2002 AFSA awarded him its achievement award for leading efforts to resolve problems associated with the department’s implemen- tation of a new salary scale for incoming officers. Lillian Wahl-Tuco State Representative Lillian Wahl-Tuco joined the Department of State in 2006 as a consular-coned Foreign Service officer. She is currently serving as a Pearson Fellow on the Senate For- eign Relations Committee, minority staff. Lilly has served on award committees, employee association boards and as a Federal Women’s Program coordinator during her overseas assignments. She also helped launch the first FAST (first and second tour) program in Paris. Lilly’s passion for work-life issues motivated her to launch Balancing Act in 2011 with several other FS and CS colleagues to help the department modernize its work-life policies—includ- ing in such areas as flexible work arrangements, telework, parental leave, child care and elder care issues. In addition, Lilly was an AFSA Governing Board member from 2012 to 2014. Dur- ing that time, she successfully helped secure programs such as the voluntary leave bank, backup care and job-share reform, among other things. Lilly is part of an FS-CS tandem and the mother of two children. Lilly joined EUR/PD in August, where she covers Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. Lilly believes that AFSA needs to support and advocate for a strong Foreign Service—especially as hiring and promo- tions slowed down. She also wants to support AFSA efforts on diversity and gender issues and continue to be an advocate for work-life reforms that are a win-win for both employees and the department. She believes her experience as a Pearson Fellow and her congressional contacts will prove to be valuable assets to AFSA. n