The Foreign Service Journal, December 2011

64 F OR E I GN S E R V I C E J OU R N A L / DE C EMB E R 2 0 1 1 A F S A N E W S AFSA NEWS BRIEFS Staff: Executive Director Ian Houston: houston@afsa.org Business Department Director of Finance Femi Oshobukola: oshobukola@afsa.org Controller KalpnaSrimal: srimal@afsa.org Assistant Controller Cory Nishi: cnishi@afsa.org Labor Management General Counsel Sharon Papp: papps@state.gov Deputy General Counsel Zlatana Badrich: badrichz@state.gov Labor Management Specialist James Yorke: yorkej@state.gov Labor Management Counselor Janet Weber: weber@afsa.org Senior Staff Attorney Neera Parikh: parikhna@state.gov StaffAttorneyRaekaSafai: safair@state.gov StaffAttorneyAndrewLarge: largea@state.gov Office Manager Christine Warren: warrenc@state.gov USAIDSeniorLaborManagementAdviserDouglasBroome: dbroome@usaid.gov USAID Staff Assistant Stefan Geyer: geyer@afsa.org Member Services Member Services Director Janet Hedrick: hedrick@afsa.org Member Services Representative Kristy Pomes: pomes@afsa.org Administrative Assistant and Office Manager Ana Lopez: lopez@afsa.org Communications, Marketing and Outreach Retiree Counseling & Legislation Coordinator Bonnie Brown: brown@afsa.org Director of Communications Thomas Switzer: switzer@afsa.org Director of Policy Edward Dickens: dickens@afsa.org LegislativeAssistantClintLohse : lohse@afsa.org Executive Assistant to the President Patrick Bradley: bradley@afsa.org Scholarship Director Lori Dec: dec@afsa.org Scholarship Program Assistant Jonathan Crawford: crawford@afsa.org Road Scholar Administrator Bernard Alter: alter@afsa.org Marketing & Outreach Manager Asgeir Sigfusson: sigfusson@afsa.org Special Awards & Outreach Coordinator Perri Green: green@afsa.org Web and IT Assistant Jeff Lau: lau@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 PRESIDENT: johnson@afsa.org STATE VP: hirschdm@state.gov RETIREE VP: rghoudek@aol.com USAID VP: fzamora@usaid.gov FAS VP: david.mergen@fas.usda.gov FCS VP: keith.curtis@mail.doc.gov AFSA News Editor Donna Ayerst: ayerst@afsa.org (202) 944-5516; Fax: (202) 338-6820 Foreign Service Journal FSJ: journal@afsa.org Editor Steven Alan Honley: honley@afsa.org Senior Editor Susan Maitra: maitra@afsa.org Associate Editor Shawn Dorman: dorman@afsa.org Ad & Circulation Manager Ed Miltenberger: miltenberger@afsa.org Art Director Caryn Suko Smith: journaldesign@comcast.net On the Web AFSA WEB SITE: www.afsa.org FSJ: www.afsa.org/fsj How to Contact Us: Governing Board: PRESIDENT: Susan R. Johnson STATE VP: Daniel Hirsch USAID VP: Francisco Zamora FCS VP: Keith Curtis FAS VP: David Mergen RETIREE VP: Robert Houdek SECRETARY: Vacant TREASURER: Andrew Winter STATE REPS: Matthew Asada William Bent Grace Choi Mary Glantz Les Hickman Kenneth Kero-Mentz Kimberly Krhounek Elise Mellinger Joyce Namde David Zwach USAID REPS: Michael Henning Iris Young FCS REP: Steve Morrison FAS REP: Andrew Burst IBB REP: Andre De Nesnera RETIREE REPS: Mary Ellen Gilroy Edward Marks Hugh Neighbour Molly Williamson AFSA SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FS CHILDREN APPLY BY FEB. 6, 2012 High school seniors and college undergraduates of Foreign Service employees (active-duty, retired and deceased) are eligible to apply for one-time-only AFSA Academic and Art Merit Awards and renewable, need-based AFSA Financial Aid Scholarships. Awards range from $500 to $4,000. The submission deadline is Feb. 6, 2012. Visit www.afsa.org/scholar/ for complete details or contact Lori Dec at dec@afsa.org or (202) 944-5504. To find other scholarship resources, visit online scholarship search engines www.fastweb.com, www.wiredscholar.com, www.srnexpress.com an d www.brokescholar.com MAKE A CFC PLEDGE TO#11759 AND SUPPORT THE AFSA SCHOLARSHIP FUND Designate “Foreign Service Youth Scholarships – AFSA” (CFC #11759) in the 2011 Combined Federal Campaign. With your help, the AFSA Scholarship Fund provides more than $40,000 in academic and art merit awards to high school seniors, and $180,000 to undergraduate college students in need-based aid scholarships to as many as 95 children of Foreign Service employ- ees annually. Keep your support in the Foreign Service commu- nity. Go to www.afsa.org/scholar to watch our video. SUPPORT THE FUND FOR AMERICANDIPLOMACYWITH A CFC DONATION AFSA’s 501(c)(3) charitable organization, the Fund for American Diplomacy, is a participant in the annual Combined Federal Campaign. We are listed under “Diplomacy Matters – AFSA,” with the designation CFC #10646. Please consider supporting this worthy organization, which has a threefold mission: educating the American public about the importance of diplomacy and development; encouraging interest in the Foreign Service among students and young professionals; and honoring sacrifice and achievement within the Foreign Service community. You can learn more at www.afsa.org/fad. THANKS AND FAREWELL TO BERNIE ALTER After three years at the helm of AFSA’s Road Scholar programs, Bernie Alter has decided to retire at the end of the year. AFSA thanks Bernie for his excellent work and dedication to the pro- grams, which remain one of our most successful national out- reach efforts. Under his tenure, the program was rebranded as Road Scholar, dropping the old Elderhostel name. Before coming to AFSA, Bernie spent 31 years in the Foreign Service as a consular officer, mostly in South and Southeast Asia. He and his wife, Pat, are the authors of, Gather the Fruit One by One: 50 Years of Amazing Peace Corps Stories , Volume Two — The Americas (Travelers’ Tales, 2011). Bernie intends to spend much of his time traveling and with their grandkids. We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors. The Road Scholar work will now be overseen by AFSA’s Marketing and Outreach Manager Ásgeir Sigfússon, who has been involved with the program since 2005. TRANSITION CENTER SCHEDULE OF COURSES January 2012 Jan. 6 MQ950 High-Stress Assignment Outbrief Jan. 9-10 MQ911 Security Overseas Seminar Jan. 11 MQ853 Managing Rental Property Overseas Jan. 21 MQ116 Protocol Jan. 23-24 MQ911 Security Overseas Seminar Jan. 30-31 MQ911 Security Overseas Seminar To register or for further information, please e-mail the FSI Transition Center at FSITCTraining@state.gov.