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EVENT:
World Affairs Council of the Florida Palm Beaches
Distinguished Speakers Series
SPEAKER:
Ambassador Maura Harty
Former U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay and
Assistant Secretary of State for
Consular Affairs
TOPIC:
American Diplomacy: Why the State Department & Foreign
Affairs Budgets Matter
Ambassador Harty will share her decades of knowledge and
experience concerning how the State Department and its
branches integrate with strategic decision making and will
help evaluate and dissect our foreign policy budget.
Ambassador Harty will speak as part of a program of The
American Academy of Diplomacy (AAD) to discuss the crisis of
American diplomatic capacity and how to address it. She will
tell why the U.S. Department of State matters, how things
work, and the foreign affairs budget which affects our
foreign policy.
DATE: Thursday, September 23, 2010
TIME: Reception - 6:00 p.m.
Presentation - 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION:
Northwood University Turner Education Building Auditorium
2600 North Military Trail
West Palm Beach, FL 33409
COST: Members
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No charge
Non-Members
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Reservations and payment in advance are $30 at
www.worldaffairsflorida.org or $35 at the door
SPEAKER:
Maura Harty, United States
Assistant Secretary of State for Consular
Affairs, from
November 21, 2002 to February 29, 2008, was a career member
of the senior Foreign Service. She received her bachelor's
degree at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service
and began her career with the Department of State in 1981 as
a vice-consul in Mexico City, Mexico. Harty went on to
serve several tours in Washington, DC and also served abroad
at the U.S. Embassies in Bogotá, Colombia, and Madrid,
Spain, before being appointed U.S. Ambassador to
Paraguay from 1997 to 1999. During her tenure as Assistant
Secretary, Harty oversaw the introduction of new security
regulations in response to the September 11, 2001
attacks, as well as the identification & evacuation of
American citizens after the tsunami in Indonesia & the war
between Israel and Lebanon in 2006. In her position, she
served as primary liaison within the Department of State to
the Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border
Protection and Citizenship & Immigration Services on
security and visa issues.
ORGANIZER:
The
World Affairs Council of the Florida Palm Beaches
is a membership-based organization that creates forums for
discussion of critical world issues. Founded in 2003 as a
501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan, education organization,
its mission is to promote under-standing of the world - the
people, the politics, the economies and the cultures - and
to enhance the ability of our citizens to participate in the
global community and to better understand world events
through people-to-people diplomacy, distinguished speakers
and educational outreach programs.
World Affairs Council of the Florida Palm Beaches
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2806 Black Oak Way
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Boynton Beach, Florida 33436 561.236.1825
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www.worldaffairsflorida.org
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