The Foreign Service Journal, October 2020

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | OCTOBER 2020 71 AFSA NEWS USAID Rep Trevor Hublin Joins AFSA Governing Board Trevor Hublin has joined the AFSA Governing Board as a USAID representative. He replaces Lorraine Sherman, who has moved on to an overseas assignment. Trevor joined the Foreign Service in 2009 and cur- rently works at the Bureau for Africa, coordinating USAID’s efforts promoting democracy, human rights and governance. He serves more than 26 USAID operat- ing units in Africa, providing policy and technical assis- tance to guide USAID’s DRG aims on the continent. He has served overseas, most recently in Central America with the regional mission in El Salvador. There he coordinated work on migration, citizen security and human rights across Central America from 2017 to 2019. He served with USAID/ Ethiopia from 2014 to 2016, leading the Democracy and Governance Office and its democracy and conflict portfolios. Before that, he served with USAID/Sri Lanka from 2011 to 2014 as the director of the Office of Governance and Vulnerable Populations, managing the transition from relief to devel- opment following the end of the civil war there. Trevor Hublin COURTESYOFTREVORHUBLIN From 2009 to 2011, Trevor served with USAID/ Afghanistan as the develop- ment adviser on a provincial reconstruction team and at the mission in Kabul manag- ing stabilization programs across the country. Prior to joining USAID, he served for seven years as a U.S. Marine Corps officer and saw service in Iraq, Afghani- stan, Chad, Georgia, Japan and South Korea. Trevor earned a master’s degree in international rela- tions from Syracuse Univer- sity and a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Marquette University. He is married to Jose- phine Hublin, a scientist with the U.S Department of Agriculture, and has two daughters. n AFSA Welcomes Several Incoming Classes On Aug. 13, Foreign Service generalists and specialists participate in a virtual Flag Day during their Foreign Service orientation. FOREIGNSERVICE INSTITUTE Nearly 200 new Foreign Ser- vice officers and specialists were hired (virtually) in recent months by State, USAID and the Foreign Commercial Service. AFSA held online wel- coming sessions for them. On July 31, AFSA hosted a welcoming session for 19 new Foreign Commercial Service officers. AFSA President Eric Rubin, AFSA FCS VP Jay Carreiro and AFSA Director of Programs and Member Engagement Christine Miele made presentations to the incoming officers. On Aug. 5, AFSA welcomed the 12 members of the incom- ing USAID C3 #17 class. Amb. Rubin, AFSA USAID Vice President Jason Singer and AFSA USAID Representative Trevor Hublin spoke to the group in an online session. On Aug. 6, AFSA welcomed the 144 members of the combined 157th and 203rd Foreign Service orientation class. Of the 144 new Foreign Service members, 86 are generalists and 57 are special- ists; 67 are women, and 77 are men. The A-100 (generalist FSO) participants included 30 Pickering and Rangel Fel- lows. Broken down by career track, the class included 16 consular, 16 economic, 12 management, 24 political and 18 public diplomacy officers. The specialists included six construction engineers, three human resource officers, five information management specialists, two information management technical specialists, six office management specialists, two regional English language officers, a regional medical officer, a regional medical officer psychiatrist, two medi- cal providers, 25 special agent candidates, two security engineering officers and three security technical specialists. Amb. Rubin, AFSA State Vice President TomYazdgerdi and former Assistant Secre- tary of State for Diplomatic Security Greg Starr made remarks to the new Foreign Service officers. Ordinarily, AFSA invites incoming classes to its headquarters for an in-person welcoming lunch; we plan to resume those lunches as conditions allow. n