The Foreign Service Journal, November 2008

76 F OR E I GN S E R V I C E J OU R N A L / NOV EMB E R 2 0 0 8 A F S A N E W S AFSA NEWS BRIEFS Life in the Foreign Service BY BRIAN AGGELER Staff: Executive Director John Mamone: mamone@afsa.org Business Department Controller Kalpna Srimal: srimal@afsa.org Accounting Assistant Cory Nishi: nishi@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 Grievance Attorneys Neera Parikh: parikhna@state.gov and Holly Rich: richhe@state.gov Office Manager Christine Warren: warrenc@state.gov USAID Senior Labor Management Adviser Douglas Broome: dbroome@usaid.gov USAID Office Manager Asgeir Sigfusson: asigfusson@usaid.gov Member Services Member Services Director Janet Hedrick: hedrick@afsa.org Member Services Representative Michael Laiacona: laiacona@afsa.org Web-site & Database Associate: vacant 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 Ian Houston: houston@afsa.org Executive Assistant to the President Austin Tracy: tracy@afsa.org Scholarship Director Lori Dec: dec@afsa.org Professional Issues Coordinator Barbara Berger: berger@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 FSJ: journal@afsa.org PRESIDENT: naland@afsa.org STATE VP: kashkettsb@state.gov RETIREE VP: pamichko@aol.com USAID VP: fzamora@usaid.gov FCS VP: donald.businger@mail.doc.gov AFSA News Editor Francesca Kelly : kelly@afsa.org (202) 338-4045 x 514; Fax: (202) 338-8244 On the Web : www.afsa.org/fsj and www.fsjournal.org How to Contact Us: Governing Board: PRESIDENT: John Naland STATE VP: Steve Kashkett USAID VP: Francisco Zamora FAS VP: Henry Schmick FCS VP: Vacant RETIREE VP: Robert W. Farrand SECRETARY: F.A. “Tex” Harris TREASURER: Andrew Winter STATE REPS: Anne Aguilera, David Firestein, Sandy Robinson, Shayna Steinger, Elaine Tiang-Chu, Daphne Titus, Andrea Tomaszewicz, Christopher Tremann USAID REP: Michael Henning FCS REP: Rebecca Balogh FAS REP: Vacant IBB REP: Al Pessin RETIREE REPS: Janice Bay, Herman Cohen, David Passage, Jonathan Sperling Free Online Classified Ads Not only is the Journal online, but here’s some good news for AFSA members looking to sell, rent, buy, trade or otherwise advertise: Classified ads are now online as well, and what’s more, they’re free for AFSA members. Point your browser to www.afsa.org/classifieds/ and you will find a log-in for members so that you may post your ad and read others’ ads. (Note: Classified ads in the print version of the Foreign Service Journal still require payment of a fee.) If you have questions, contact Ed Miltenberger at (202) 944-5507 or at classifieds@afsa.org . Christopher Tremann joined the AFSA Governing Board as a State rep in October. He is a lifetime AFSA member who has just returned from serving as Regional Security Officer in Dhahran, an unaccompanied, danger-pay post. He brings considerable security experience to the board, having dealt firsthand, he reports, “with a number of issues of importance to both DS employees and other members of the Foreign and Civil Service, from background investi- gations to working in high-threat posts to overseas pay disparity issues.” Tremann adds that “the State Department has a number of significant challenges ahead, and AFSA should play a crucial role in addressing those challenges.” Previously posted to Puerto Rico, Kazakhstan and California in addition to Saudi Arabia, Special Agent Tremann is currently assigned as a liaison officer to the Bureau of Consular Affairs. New State Rep Joins Governing Board