AFSA NEWS AFSA NEWSTHE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2025 73 2025 AFSA Awards Honor Outstanding Performance and Constructive Dissent ASFA President John Dinkelman presents on stage at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service during the 2025 AFSA Awards ceremony. AFSA/JOAQUIN SOSA AFSA is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 AFSA Awards, recognizing outstanding achievement, constructive dissent, and exemplary service across the Foreign Service community. • Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy Award: Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield • Foreign Service Champions Award: Virginia State Senator Tara Durant (R-Va.) and Delegate Paul E. Krizek (D-Va.) • Nelson B. Delavan Award: Mina Raass-Dana • M. Juanita Guess Award: Jiana Leonard CALENDAR Please check afsa.org/events for the most up-to-date information. November 11 Veterans Day AFSA Offices Closed November 19 12-1:30 p.m. AFSA Governing Board Meeting November 27-28 Thanksgiving Holiday AFSA Offices Closed December 3 12-1:30 p.m. AFSA Governing Board Meeting December 22-26 Holiday Break AFSA Offices Closed January 1 New Year’s Day AFSA Offices Closed • Award for Achievement and Contributions to the Association: Vivian S. Walker • Group Exemplary Performance Award: Jahari Fraser, Nikki Gamer, Christine Miele, Erin Oliver, Sharon Papp, Nadja Ruzica, Raeka Safai, and Kim Sullivan • Avis Bohlen Award: Jane Thompson • Mark Palmer Award: Nora S. Brito • Christian A. Herter Award: Carrie Muntean • William R. Rivkin Award: Eric Burkett, Andrea Capellán, Jessica Carlson, Andrea Cristancho, Abtin Forghani, Sam Kraegel, R. Clark Pearson, Joshua Schramm, Meghan Waters, and Heather Wirick • Posthumous Constructive Dissent Award: Rives Childs, Raymond Geist, Ambassador Leland Harrison, Minister Herschel Johnson, Roswell McClelland, George Messersmith, Paul Squire, Myles Standish, Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt, Myron Taylor, Pinkney Tuck, and George Waller. Full coverage and profiles of this year’s honorees will appear in the JanuaryFebruary 2026 edition of The Foreign Service Journal. n
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