2022 World Affairs Council of the Year
Network of Independent World Affairs Councils of America
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As Consul General, Rachel Galloway is the senior UK official in the Atlanta Consulate General, which is a subordinate office to the Embassy. The Consul General represents the UK government and is typically responsible for consular, visa, and trade activities in their city or region.
Galloway came to Atlanta following a three-year tour as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of North Macedonia. An outspoken leader, she called for reforms of the judiciary and public administration to help the country on its eventual application for membership of the EU. She supported projects to develop youthful talents in information technology and to reduce pollution, lending a hand herself in cleaning the streets.
Her prior tour was as Chair, Mashrek Maghreb Working Group, European External Action Service. Previously, she headed the Neighbourhoods Team, UK Permanent Representation to the EU (UKREP), Brussels. In 2008 – 2011 at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), she was Deputy Head of the International Organisations Department.
In the 2000s, Galloway served a tour in the Washington DC Embassy; followed by development and reconstruction posts in conflicted places: Darfur and Helmand (Afghanistan). She also served in HM Treasury’s Counter Terrorism review team.
KARL DEAN
Karl Dean served as the sixth Mayor of Nashville and Davidson County. He was elected in 2007 and re-elected in 2011. Dean first held public office when he was elected as Nashville’s Public Defender in 1990. He was re-elected in 1994 and 1998. He served as Metro Law Director from 1999 to January 2007, when he resigned to run for the office of mayor. Karl Dean has taught at Vanderbilt Law School, Belmont University, and Boston University.
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