The Foreign Service Journal, October 2011

AFSA Book Notes Focuses on Afghanistan The next AFSA Book Notes event takes place onWednesday, Oct. 19, at 3 p.m. Retired Ambassador Peter Tomsen will discuss his new book, The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts and the Failures of Great Powers . The programwill take place at AFSA headquarters at 2101 E Street NW. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and sign- ing. We request that all RSVPs be sent to events@afsa.org. A ll events at AFSA are open to members of the public as well as AFSA members, so feel free to bring a friend or colleague who might be interested in the subject matter. 60 F OR E I GN S E R V I C E J OU R N A L / OC T OB E R 2 0 1 1 A F S A N E W S AFSA NEWS BRIEFS Staff: Executive Director Ian Houston: houston@afsa.org Business Department Director of Finance Femi Oshobukola: oshobukola@afsa.org Controller KalpnaSrimal: srimal@afsa.org Assistant Controller Cory Nishi: cnishi@afsa.org Labor Management General Counsel Sharon Papp: papps@state.gov Deputy General Counsel Zlatana Badrich: badrichz@state.gov Labor Management Specialist James Yorke: yorkej@state.gov Labor Management Counselor Janet Weber: weber@afsa.org Senior Staff Attorney Neera Parikh: parikhna@state.gov StaffAttorneyRaekaSafai: safair@state.gov StaffAttorneyAndrewLarge: largea@state.gov Office Manager Christine Warren: warrenc@state.gov USAIDSeniorLaborManagementAdviserDouglasBroome: dbroome@usaid.gov USAID Staff Assistant Stefan Geyer: sgeyer@usaid.gov Member Services Member Services Director Janet Hedrick: hedrick@afsa.org Member Services Representative Kristy Pomes: pomes@afsa.org Administrative Assistant and Office Manager Ana Lopez: lopez@afsa.org Communications, Marketing and Outreach Retiree Counseling & Legislation Coordinator Bonnie Brown: brown@afsa.org Director of Communications Thomas Switzer: switzer@afsa.org Director of Policy Edward Dickens: dickens@afsa.org LegislativeAssistantClintLohse : lohse@afsa.org Executive Assistant to the President Patrick Bradley: bradley@afsa.org Scholarship Director Lori Dec: dec@afsa.org Scholarship Program Assistant Jonathan Crawford: crawford@afsa.org Road Scholar Administrator Bernard Alter: alter@afsa.org Marketing & Outreach Manager Asgeir Sigfusson: sigfusson@afsa.org Special Awards & Outreach Coordinator Perri Green: green@afsa.org Web and IT Assistant Jeff Lau: lau@afsa.org AFSA HEADQUARTERS: (202) 338-4045; Fax: (202) 338-6820 STATE DEPARTMENT AFSA OFFICE: (202) 647-8160; Fax: (202) 647-0265 USAID AFSA OFFICE: (202) 712-1941; Fax: (202) 216-3710 FCS AFSA OFFICE: (202) 482-9088; Fax: (202) 482-9087 PRESIDENT: johnson@afsa.org STATE VP: hirschdm@state.gov RETIREE VP: rghoudek@aol.com USAID VP: fzamora@usaid.gov FAS VP: david.mergen@fas.usda.gov FCS VP: keith.curtis@mail.doc.gov AFSA News Editor Donna Ayerst: ayerst@afsa.org (202) 944-5516; Fax: (202) 338-6820 Foreign Service Journal FSJ: journal@afsa.org Editor Steven Alan Honley: honley@afsa.org Senior Editor Susan Maitra: maitra@afsa.org Associate Editor Shawn Dorman: dorman@afsa.org Ad & Circulation Manager Ed Miltenberger: miltenberger@afsa.org Art Director Caryn Suko Smith: journaldesign@comcast.net On the Web AFSA WEB SITE: www.afsa.org FSJ: www.afsa.org/fsj How to Contact Us: Governing Board: PRESIDENT: Susan R. Johnson STATE VP: Daniel Hirsch USAID VP: Francisco Zamora FCS VP: Keith Curtis FAS VP: David Mergen RETIREE VP: Robert Houdek SECRETARY: Susan Shultz TREASURER: Andrew Winter STATE REPS: Matthew Asada William Bent Grace Choi Mary Glantz Les Hickman Kenneth Kero-Mentz Kimberly Krhounek Elise Mellinger Joyce Namde David Zwach USAID REPS: Michael Henning VACANT FCS REP: Steve Morrison FAS REP: Andrew Burst IBB REP: Andre De Nesnera RETIREE REPS: Mary Ellen Gilroy Edward Marks Hugh Neighbour Molly Williamson AAFSW ART & BOOKFAIR IS HERE! AAFSW Honorary President Lisa Carty will open the association’s 51st annual Art & BookFair in the Exhibit Hall of the Harry S Truman building on Friday, Oct. 14. The event will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for employees, spouses and escorted guests, and continues Oct. 17-21 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the same group. The sale will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 15-16 and Oct. 22-23. Access is through the C Street entrance. VISA, MASTERCARD, DISCOVER and personal checks are accepted. For questions, please contact the AAFSW bookroom at (202) 223-5796, e-mail bookroom@ aafsw.org or visit www.aafsw.org. Proceeds are used to support Foreign Service family scholarships, the FS Youth Foundation and other community projects. Ridgway’s Continued Contribution and Emerson’s Matching Gift Ambassador Roz Ridgway has made another gift to the AFSA perpetual financial aid scholarship she established in her name in 2009 and Emerson, the global manufacturing and technology company, has made a matching gift, doubling it. (November 2010 was the first time Emerson matched a contribution made by Amb. Ridgway.) This scholarship, like all AFSA Financial Aid Scholarships, helps cover the cost of college for Foreign Service children. Applications for these awards will be available in November and are due Feb. 6. Please go to www.afsa.org/scholar for more information about the application process. Amb. Ridgway was a member of the Foreign Service for 32 years from 1957 to 1989. Her diplomatic career included postings as ambassador to Finland and to the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). She is perhaps best known, however, as the assis- tant secretary of State for European and Canadian affairs (1985- 1989) who was the principal representative of President Ronald Reagan and Secretary of State George Shultz in organizing, manag- ing and documenting the Reagan-Gorbachev summits. Present “at the table” at all five historic U.S.-Russia summits between the two leaders, she received the Presidential Citizens Medal from Pres. Reagan in recognition of her service. In June, AFSA honored Amb. Ridgway with its Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy Award. In the September issue of AFSA News , credit for the photo on page 57 should read: Janice White, MSU. We apologize for the error.