The Foreign Service Journal, September 2019

64 SEPTEMBER 2019 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL AFSA NEWS The Foreign Service Journal Welcomes New Associate Editor AFSA is pleased to welcome Cameron Woodworth to The Foreign Service Journal and the AFSA publications team as associate editor. A former newspaper reporter, Cameron served the U.S. government overseas for more than six years. He was an office management specialist at Embassy Buda- pest from 2012 to 2013 and a development and communi- cations specialist for USAID at Embassy Islamabad from 2013 to 2015. He served in the economic section at Embassy Tel Aviv from 2015 to 2018, via the Expanded Professional Associates Program. Cameron, who was raised in Connecticut, holds a bach- elor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in politi- AFSAWelcomes New Grievance Counselor Please join AFSA in welcom- ing former Foreign Service Officer Pete Lyon to the Labor Management team as a grievance counselor. Most recently, Pete was a senior adviser with C&O Resources, Inc., an inter- national consulting group. He was an FSO from 2009 to 2016, serving as an analyst in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs and the Bureau of Coun- terterrorism in Washington, D.C., a political-military officer in Slovenia and vice consul in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Pete has also worked with the U.S. Institute of Peace, the World Bank Group, Health for Humanity and the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies. He was one of 60 Thomas J. Watson fellows nationwide selected in 1995 for a year of inde- pendent study and travel abroad and is knowledge- able in Arabic, Spanish and Slovenian. He holds advanced degrees in both public affairs and Middle Eastern studies from the Uni- versity of Texas and a bachelor’s degree in history and Spanish from Knox College. A native of Illi- nois, Pete resides in Arling- ton, Virginia. n cal science. He is the author of Green Cuisine: A Guide to Vegetarian Dining Around Seattle and Puget Sound . Cameron’s wife, Monica Smith, is a legal adviser for USAID and a member of the Senior Foreign Service. They love cycling around the region; in the mountains of Spain, France and Italy; and in other exotic locales. They live in Arlington, Virginia. Cameron can be reached at woodworth@afsa.org. n AAFSW BOOK & ART FA I R SET FOR OCTOBER NEWS BRIEF The Associates of the American Foreign Ser- vice Worldwide will hold its annual Art & Book Fair from Oct. 11 to 21 at the Exhibit Hall at the State Department. The book fair has been held each year since 1961, and raises $60,000 to $100,000 annually. Proceeds from the AAFSW bookstore and from the Art & Book Fair go to a number of worthy causes in the foreign affairs community, including scholar- ships for Foreign Service students and contributions to the Foreign Service Youth Foundation. Find out more about the Book Fair at www.aafsw.org/ activities/art-book- fair. n