The Foreign Service Journal, November 2018

76 NOVEMBER 2018 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL AFSA NEWS AFSA Honors Tom Shannon at Happy Hour On Sept. 20 AFSA hosted a happy hour celebration in honor of outgoing Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tom Shannon. More than 100 people joined us at his send off, at which he was also recognized as the 2018 winner of the Christian A. Herter Award for dissent by a member of the Senior Foreign Service. From left, Ambassadors Mike McKinley, Tom Shannon, AFSA President Barbara Stephenson, former AFSA President Dennis Hays, Steve Mann and Beth Jones. AFSA/DONNAGORMAN AFSA Welcomes New Governing Board Member AFSA is pleased to welcome William (Bill) C. Hansen as our new USAID representa- tive. Bill currently serves as USAID’s senior development adviser to the Pentagon. His previous assignments include supervisory program officer in Washington, D.C., and supervisory/executive officer in Indonesia, Albania, the Republic of Georgia, Iraq and Kenya. As a Foreign Service officer, Bill enjoys working in the interagency environ- ment and while overseas has represented USAID or chaired the ICASS council, ICASS budget committee, the Board of Governors at the Interna- tional School of Kenya, the Interagency Housing Board, the Post Employment Com- mittee and the Joint Country Awards Committee. Bill is the recipient of the Michael H.B. Adler Award for management excellence and AFSA Governing Board Meeting, September 12, 2018 Retiree Vice President Report: It was moved that the Governing Board ratify a decision to submit the following nominees to the Foreign Service Labor Relations Board (FSLRB): Career Ambassador (ret.) Hank Cohen, Ambassador (ret.) Dennis Hays, FSO (ret.) Madelyn Spirnak, and Professional Arbitrator Margaret Brogan. The action was approved. Board Appointments: It was moved and seconded that the Board appoint Bill Hansen to fill the USAID vacancy on the Governing Board. The motion was adopted. n the Corbett M. Flan- nery award for safety and security in Iraq. Originally from Brooklyn, N.Y., Bill holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University and a master’s in administra- tion from Central Michigan University. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Leavenworth, Kansas. Prior to joining USAID, he was a career U.S. Army infantry officer with assignments to Georgia, California, Panama, Germany, North Carolina, Kansas, Texas and Washington, D.C. Bill is married to Rena, a Foreign Service special- ist with the State Depart- ment. They live in Reston, Virginia, with their daughter, Rebecca. n