The Foreign Service Journal, November 2005

2 AFSA NEWS • NOVEMBER 2005 AFSA NEWS BRIEFS Life in the Foreign Service n BY BRIAN AGGELER, FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER Past Scholarship Recipient Gives Back In September, Stephen Hubler, an AFSA scholarship recipient himself from 1979 to 1983, established a $1,000 financial aid scholarship in memory of Dr. Annalena Tonelli. Tonelli founded and worked in a tuberculosis clinic in Somalia, and tragically died there in 2003. Hubler has chosen to give back to the AFSA Scholarship Program because of the benefits he received as a financially strapped student. It is Hubler’s hope that this scholarship will help a Foreign Service student whose career will have the same positive impact on the lives of others that Dr. Tonelli had. Hubler joined the Foreign Service in 1992 and is currently assigned to Embassy Skopje as political- economic chief. He previously served in Frankfurt, San Jose, Addis Ababa and Washington. This award will be bestowed on a Foreign Service child for undergraduate study. For information on how you can establish a scholar- ship in your name, in honor of another, or to commemorate a special event, please contact AFSA Scholarship Director Lori Dec at (202) 944-5504 or dec@afsa.org. Staff: Executive Director Susan Reardon: reardon@afsa.org Business Department Controller Steven Tipton: tipton@afsa.org Accounting Assistant Jon Reed: reed@afsa.org Labor Management General Counsel Sharon Papp: papps@state.gov Labor Management Attorney Zlatana Badrich: badrichz@state.gov Labor Management Specialist James Yorke: yorkej@state.gov USAID Senior Labor Management Adviser Douglas Broome: dbroome@usaid.gov USAID Office Manager Asgeir Sigfusson: asigfusson@usaid.gov Grievance Attorneys Neera Parikh: parikhna@state.gov an d Joe Slotnick: slotnickj@state.gov Office Manager Christine Warren: warrenc@state.gov Member Services Director Janet Hedrick: hedrick@afsa.org Representative Cory Nishi: nishi@afsa.org Web site & Database Associate Meijing Shan: shan@afsa.org Administrative Assistant Ana Lopez: lopez@afsa.org Outreach Programs Retiree Liaison Bonnie Brown: brown@afsa.org Director of Communications Thomas Switzer: switzer@afsa.org Congressional Affairs Director Ken Nakamura: nakamura@afsa.org Corporate Relations/Executive Assistant Austin Tracy: tracy@afsa.org Scholarship Director Lori Dec: dec@afsa.org Professional Issues Coordinator Barbara Berger: berger@afsa.org Retiree Recruitment Coordinator Norma Reyes: reyes@afsa.org Elderhostel Coordinator Janice Bay: bay@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 AFSA WEB SITE: www.afsa.org AFSA E-MAIL: afsa@afsa.org AFSA NEWS: afsanews@afsa.org FSJ: journal@afsa.org PRESIDENT: holmes@afsa.org STATE VP: kashkettsb@state.gov RETIREE VP: 42reuwash@earthlink.net USAID VP: wcarter@usaid.gov FCS VP: donald.businger@mail.doc.gov FAS VP: laura.scandurra@fas.usda.gov AFSA News Editor Shawn Dorman : dorman@afsa.org (202) 338-4045 x 503; Fax: (202) 338-8244 On the Web : www.afsa.org/news How to Contact Us: Governing Board: PRESIDENT: J. Anthony Holmes STATE VICE PRESIDENT: Steven Kashkett USAID VICE PRESIDENT: Bill Carter FCS VICE PRESIDENT: Donald Businger FAS VICE PRESIDENT: Laura Scandurra RETIREE VICE PRESIDENT: David Reuther SECRETARY: Tex Harris TREASURER: Andrew Winter STATE REPRESENTATIVES: Bradford Bell, Brian Cook, Hugh Neighbour, Alan Misenheimer, Joyce Namde, James Roseli and Andrew Young USAID REPRESENTATIVE: Francisco Zamora FCS REPRESENTATIVE: William Center FAS REPRESENTATIVE: Mike Conlon IBB REPRESENTATIVE: Sheldon Daitch RETIREE REPRESENTATIVES: Leonard J. Baldyga, Roger Dankert, Larry Lesser and Gilbert Sheinbaum Legislative Action Fund Don’t forget to make your contribution to AFSA’s Legislative Action Fund. AFSA is the key organization working full-time to protect and improve Foreign Service benefits, for both active employees and retirees. Please mail your contribution to: AFSA Legislative Action Fund, PO Box 98026,Washington DC 20090-8026, or go to the AFSAWeb site at: www.afsa.org/lafform.cfm. M ake checks payable to the AFSA Legislative Action Fund. Please support the LAF by giving generously. Katrina Relief for FCS Employees The Commerce Department has established a fund for US&FCS employees affected by Hurricane Katrina. All staff were evacuated from New Orleans and some lost their homes and all of their belongings. The fund will be administered through the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund. For information on how to donate, go to www.feea.org/give transfer.shtml and then “Click here to continue to the online donation page” and choose “Commerce Employees Fund.” Checks can be sent to FEEA Commerce Employees Fund, US&FCS participants, 8441 W. Bowles Ave., Suite 200, Littleton CO 80123-9501.