The Foreign Service Journal, December 2012

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | DECEMBER 2012 53 AFSA NEWS Don’t Let Good Work Go Unnoticed: Nominations for 2013 AFSA Awards for Exemplary Performance Now Accepted BY PERRI GREEN, AFSA COORDINATOR FOR SPECIAL AWARDS AFSA’s 2012 dissent and performance award winners gather with AFSA staff and other officials during the awards ceremony in the Benjamin Franklin Diplomatic Reception Room in June. AFSA encourages all mem- bers of the Foreign Service community to consider nominating a deserving col- league or family member for one of the association’s three annual awards for exemplary performance. Deadline for nominations is Feb. 28. AFSA Performance Awards honor Foreign Ser- vice employees and family members alike. The Nelson B. Delavan Award, for a Foreign Service office management specialist who has made a significant contribution to post or office effectiveness and morale beyond the framework of his or her job responsibilities. The 2012 winner was James Velez, serving in Mazar-e- Sharif. The M. Juanita Guess Award, for a community liai- son officer who has demon- strated outstanding leader- ship, dedication, initiative or imagination in assisting the families of Americans serving at an overseas post. The 2012 winner was Sara Hurst Butler, serving in Port-au-Prince. The Avis Bohlen Award, for a Foreign Service eli- gible family member whose relations with the American and foreign communities at post have done the most to advance the interests of the United States. The 2012 win- ner was Leila Gupta, serving in Nairobi. Winners are chosen by panels of judges from within the Foreign Service com- munity. All winners will be honored at AFSA’s awards ceremony held in late June 2013, in the Department of State’s Benjamin Franklin Diplomatic Reception Room. Each winner will receive a cash prize of $2,500. To submit a nomination for the 2013 performance awards, please visit www. afsa.org/performance_ awards.aspx. For more information, please contact AFSA’s Coordinator for Spe- cial Awards and Outreach, Perri Green, a t green@afsa. org or (202) 719-9700. n Support the Fund for American Diplomacy with a CFC Donation Please consider supporting AFSA’s Fund for American Diplomacy with a pledge to CFC #10646, listed under “Diplomacy Matters – AFSA.” The FAD helps promote AFSA’s mission of bringing American diplomacy and the Foreign Service to the public through various outreach programs, including AFSA’s Memorial Plaque in the State Department lobby, the Road Scholar Program, the Speakers Bureau, the Sinclaire Awards and the High School Essay Contest. It also provides funding for events, such as AFSA’s speaker series, book notes programs and panels, and honors members of the Foreign Service community who have performed courageous and exemplary service. For information on FAD, please go to www.afsa.org/fad or contact Tom Switzer, AFSA director of communications, at switzer@afsa.org or (202) 944-5501. NEWS BRIEF DONNAAYERST