Tennessee World Affairs Council

International Career Panel: Women in International Business | Oct 27
2021-10-27 22:30 - 2021-10-28 00:00 (America/Chicago)
The Tennessee World Affairs Council and the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement

in association with
Belmont University Center for International Business, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, Lipscomb University and the Tennessee Technological University Department of Foreign Languages
International Careers Panel – Fall 2021
Women in International Business
October 27, 2021
6:30pm-8:00pm ET / 5:30pm-7:00pm CT
MODERATOR

Lucy Buck, Haslam Scholars Program, University of Tennessee

Beth-Ann Martorello, Senior Vice President and Chief Audit Officer at AllianceBernstein (AB)

Masami Tyson, Global Director of FDI and Trade, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD)

Lulu Lim Copeland, Executive Director TN-China Network; Independent Economic and Workforce Development Consultant

Robin Reliford, Head of Health and Safety, WorldStrides

Do you wonder what jobs and careers there are in international affairs? There’s more than you think. Every Fall and Spring the World Affairs Council assembles diplomats, business people, NGO officials, returned Peace Corps volunteers and more to talk about their experiences and insights and to answer your questions at this very popular panel.
Join us on October 27th for a conversation with a distinguished panel of women working in global business fields. They will share with you what preparation they undertook to pursue their careers, what the day to day life is like in their jobs and the pros and cons of the work they undertake.
OUR PANEL
Lucy Buck, Moderator
Lucy Buck is a senior at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville studying supply chain management and business analytics with a concentration in international business. Lucy is a member of the Haslam Scholars Program, the premier honors program at the university. She also serves as the President of the International Business Club and the Vice President of the Management Society. Having spent her childhood living in Singapore and Bangalore, India, Lucy is fascinated by foreign affairs and is working toward having an international career in her future.
Beth-Ann Martorello, Senior VP, Chief Audit Officer, Alliance Bernstein (AB)
Beth-Ann Martorello is a Senior Vice President and Chief Audit Officer at AllianceBernstein (AB). There she directs the global internal audit activities (IA) of AB and its subsidiaries. With a global audit team (US, Europe & Asia), she is responsible for identifying and evaluating the financial, operational, technological, and regulatory risks associated with the firm’s buy-side and sell-side business activities. Beth-Ann also directs the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) testing process in support of the firm’s SOX 404 certification requirement. During her tenure at AB, she has performed infrastructure, application, operational and financial audits, has conducted several fraud investigations, developed the Quality Assurance Program, drafted the Internal Audit procedure manual, performed internal quality assessment reviews of AB’s IA and other IA departments, and developed/implemented training/on-boarding programs, and IA applications. Beth-Ann is an Executive Sponsor of Synergy Nashville, the Women’s Employee Resource Group at AB.
Before joining AllianceBernstein, Beth-Ann was with Barclay’s Internal Audit Department, where she served in various positions, including Support and Development, and as IT Audit Associate. She graduated from NYU with a BA in History. She holds a Certification of Control Self-Assessment, Certification of Information System Audit, Certification of Risk and Information System Control and is accredited in Quality Assurance. Beth-Ann serves on the board of Nashville Cares and as Vice President for the IIA Nashville Chapter.
Masami Tyson, Global Director of FDI and Trade, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD)
Masami Izumida Tyson joined the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development in 2018 as the Global Director of FDI and Trade. Her primary duties include: managing the international offices which identify companies from around the globe interested in doing business in Tennessee; supporting the business development team to recruit international companies to Tennessee and cultivating relationships with such companies; and developing relationships with various international agencies, diplomatic channels and organizations in order to promote economic development in the State of Tennessee. She is also the State’s contact for any issues relating to trade.
Masami was born and raised in Yokohama, Japan and has lived in Nashville, Tennessee for most of her adult life. Prior to holding her current position, Masami held various attorney positions at global companies including Nissan North America as well as at a law firm. She has her B.A. and M.A. from Johns Hopkins University and her J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School. She is married to Dr. Rich Tyson, a native of the U.K. and they have three children, Joel, Julia and Mei.
Lulu Lim Copeland, Executive Director TN-China Network; Independent Economic and Workforce Development Consultant

Lulu Lim Copeland is an independent economic and workforce development consultant and the executive director of TN-China Network. She was the Executive Director of Economic and Workforce Development at Chattanooga State Community College, with more than twenty years of experience in workforce development projects. Prior to joining Chattanooga State, Lulu was the Engineering and Documentation Manager at Olan Mills for 13 years, she also served as adjunct faculty with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s School of Engineering and Computer Science. Lulu is very active in the Chattanooga-area business and education communities. Lulu supports Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce programs and projects, including as a board member of the Chamber’s International Business Council. She received her MS in Engineering Management and BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and a certificate of architecture design from City College of New York.

Lulu is originally from Taipei, Taiwan. She immigrated to the US in 1971. She currently lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Robin Reliford, Head of Health and Safety, WorldStrides
Robin Reliford leads domestic and international health, safety, and crisis management for WorldStrides, monitoring world events, implementing emergency protocols and procedures and working closely with executive management on policy development and compliance. A lawyer by training, Robin has been a key voice in international education risk management since she first entered the field. She is a sought-after presenter on health and safety topics at national and international conferences, and regularly shares best practices through her participation as a member of groups like the Overseas Advisory Council (OSAC) Academic Working Group and Pulse: Higher Educational International Health and Safety Professionals.
Robin works closely with WorldStrides’ Tour Central and field operations teams around the world, as well as partners like George Washington University Department of Emergency Medicine and WorldAware, who have helped us to build the best health and safety infrastructure in the field of educational travel and study abroad. She received her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and her B.A. from West Chester University. She resides in Austin, Texas.

TNWAC’s Professions Across the Spectrum — representing multiple occupational fields — is set for October 6, 2021 at 5:30pm-7:00pm CT.
TNWAC’s career panel on the theme “Women in International Business” is set for October 27, 2021 at 5:30pm-7:00pm CT.
TNWAC invites colleges and other institutions to partner on presentation of this special program. Contact Pat Ryan < pat@tnwac.org > for info.
TNWAC invites businesses and other institutions to sponsor this program.

CHECK OUT OUR SPRING 2021 CAREER PANELS

Women In International Law

Diplomacy: U.S. Foreign Service & the State Department

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We invite businesses, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with global affairs professionals. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs.
For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353, pat@tnwac.org
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THE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007

THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH

THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH
THE MISSION of the nonprofit, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world.
THE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.

"Global Nashville with Karl Dean," guest Ralph Schulz, Nashville Chamber
2021-11-10 01:00 - 01:45
The Tennessee World Affairs Council

in association with
Belmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
Global Nashville with Karl Dean
A Conversation with Ralph Schulz, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce President
Tuesday, November 9th at 7:00pm CT

Ralph Schulz
President, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

Karl F. Dean
Global Nashville | Belmont President L. Gregory Jones

Global Nashville explores the issues and developments that mark the city and region as part of the global network. Former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean talks with community leaders about their insights and perspectives.
Join him on November 9th as he talks with Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce President Ralph Schulz to talk about business developments in the region. We should mention here our thanks to Mr. Schulz for standing in as a guest host of the “Global Nashville” program. In August he interviewed Butch Spridon, head of the Nashville Convention and Visitor Corporation. [Link]
Mr. Schulz was a “Global Nashville” guest in January 2021 [Link] and in April 2020 [Link], talking about Nashville businesses’ resilience in the face of Covid and new developments in the community from international investments to the prospects for immigration to the area.
On Tuesday, November 9th, Mr. Schulz will be back with updates on the broad array of business issues in the region and his insights and perspectives on the global agenda in Nashville.

“Global Nashville with Karl Dean,” guest Ralph Schulz, Nashville Chamber

ABOUT RALPH SCHULZ

President and CEO, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

Ralph Schulz was named president and CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce by the Chamber’s board of directors in November 2006, following a 30-year career in nonprofit management, marketing and fundraising. In taking the position, he accepted a leadership role at one of Middle Tennessee’s oldest and largest business federations, an organization dating back to its founding in 1847. More HERE

PREVIOUS GLOBAL NASHVILLE APPEARANCES
Global Nashville | Guest Host Ralph Schulz with Convention and Visitor Chief Butch Spyridon
August 31, 2021
https://youtu.be/oyegJy7N018
The metrics were clear before the pandemic crushed global hospitality. Nashville and Tennessee were experiencing a boom in the tourism sector. The #1 leisure destination in the United States, according to Global Traveler’s Leisure Lifestyle Awards. Reader’s Choice Award for Best Cities in the U.S., according to Conde Nast. A record-high $23 billion in visitor spending in the state in 2019 and trending higher, according to the U.S. Travel Association. Travel in Tennessee generated 195,000 jobs and $1.92 billion in state and local tax revenue — saving Tennesseans in costs for public services. Nashville’s attraction to visitors is global. The daily attraction of world-class music venues, cultural activities, sporting events and more, not to mention the city’s mega-events are magnets for foreign visitors. Among the main industries that drive the economy, tourism is emblematic of international outreach and bridge building among the tens of thousands of foreign visitors who come to Tennessee and Nashville.
Global Nashville with Karl Dean – Ralph Schulz
January 19, 2021
https://youtu.be/nHN_qGMJMSY
There’s no shortage of issues impacting Nashville’s and Middle Tennessee’s well-being. On Tuesday evening, January 19th former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean talked with Ralph Schulz, community leader and head of the Nashville Chamber. Join us for this review of important issues affecting you and your neighbors: the impact of the pandemic on business and the economy; the 2nd Avenue bombing aftermath and effects on the hospitality industry and the downtown; effects of new policies in the Biden Administration on immigration, trade and more; the situation for small businesses shuttered or in hibernation as a result of COVID; and much more.
“Global Nashville with Karl Dean” talks with Nashville Chamber’s Ralph Schulz
April 14, 2020
https://youtu.be/C7yhssJD3_A
In this episode Karl Dean, former Nashville Mayor, talks with Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce CEO Ralph Schulz about the business environment in Nashville during this time of pandemic. What sectors are impacted the most and in what ways? How has the global economy and business relocations that are important to the region be affected? How are Nashville businesses and Nashvillians looking at the prospects for recovery?

THE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007

THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH

THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH
THE MISSION of the nonprofit, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world.
THE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.

Academic WorldQuest Global Affairs Challenge Practice Match | Dec 5
2021-12-05 19:00 - 22:00
Updated: Nov 19, 2021

The 2022 Anne Smedinghoff
Academic WorldQuest
HS Global Affairs Challenge

ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST 2021-2022
PRACTICE MATCH
DECEMBER 5, 2021 @ 1PM CT
VIA ZOOM
Match details TBA
To participate: complete the Team Pledge Form below. TNWAC will contact all schools that pledge teams about participation in the Practice Match.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST
The Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available.
The TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE.

WorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system.
The Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The competitions are held in person at Belmont University. If public health considerations do not permit in-person competition, other arrangements will be made. However, as of November 1, 2021 TNWAC plans to hold the championship match in person, with appropriate safety measure in place.

The top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington, D.C., April 29-30, 2022 at the United States Institute of Peace.
The Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies, think tanks, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives.

WorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program.
Plans for 2021-2022
Dates

PLEASE PLEDGE a school/team NOW. This non-binding enrollment allows us to plan for the competition and to share WorldQuest information directly with schools and teams. You do not need to have formed teams in order to pledge your school/team. LINK HERE
DECEMBER 5, 2021 (1:00pm CT) — PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom.
DECEMBER 6, 2021-JANUARY 14, 2022 – REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
JANUARY 15-JANUARY 31, 2022 – LATE REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (WorldQuest T-shirts will not be available for these teams until after the Feb 6 match.)
JANUARY 23, 2022 – PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom
FEBRUARY 6, 2022 (1:00PM CT) – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University
APRIL 28-29, 2022 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington, DC for visits to international institutions.
APRIL 29-30, 2022 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday), hosted at the United States Institute of Peace

Notes

Teams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.
Students are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.

Carlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country.
The national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year, along with their parents, teachers, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience.
Prizes. TNWAC will announce prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match.

Academic WorldQuest 2022 Topics

Where Climate and Migration Meet
Afghanistan: End of the 20-Year U.S.-Led Intervention
A Human-Centered Agenda for the Future of Work
CDC and the Global Health Agenda
Technology and Democracy: Threat or Promise?
Great Decisions *
21st Century Money: Dollars to Digital Currencies
Working for Peace Through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam
Insecurity in China’s Neighborhood
Current Events

* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match.)
Study Guide
The AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page.

For more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at <pat@tnwac.org >

THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH

THE MISSION of the nonprofit, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world.
THE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.

Academic WorldQuest Global Affairs Challenge Championship | March 27
2022-03-27 18:00 - 21:00
Updated: Dec 28, 2021

The 2022 Anne Smedinghoff
Academic WorldQuest
HS Global Affairs Challenge

ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST 2021-2022
CHAMPIONSHIP
MARCH 27, 2021 @ 1PM CT
(New Date)
IN PERSON AT Belmont University
To participate: complete the Team Pledge Form below.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST
The Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available.
The TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE.

WorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system.
The Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The competitions are held in person at Belmont University. If public health considerations do not permit in-person competition, other arrangements will be made. However, as of December 28, 2021 TNWAC plans to hold the championship match in person, with appropriate safety measure in place.
TNWAC will follow the Covid-19 measures in place for the National Championship Match in Washington, DC. This includes proof of Covid-19 vaccinations and use of masks by all participants. Details here.

The top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington, D.C., April 29-30, 2022 at the United States Institute of Peace.
The Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies, think tanks, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives.

WorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program.
Plans for 2021-2022
Dates

PLEASE PLEDGE a school/team NOW. This non-binding enrollment allows us to plan for the competition and to share WorldQuest information directly with schools and teams. You do not need to have formed teams in order to pledge your school/team. LINK HERE
DECEMBER 5, 2021 (1:00pm CT) — PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom.
DECEMBER 6, 2021-MARCH 4, 2022 – REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
FEBRUARY 27, 2022 – PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom
MARCH 5-MARCH 21, 2022 – LATE REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (WorldQuest T-shirts will not be available for these teams until after the Feb 6 match.)
MARCH 27, 2022 (1:00PM CT) – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University
APRIL 28-MAY 1, 2022 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington, DC for visits to international institutions.
APRIL 29-30, 2022 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday), hosted at the United States Institute of Peace

Notes

Teams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.
Students are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.

Carlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country.
The national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year, along with their parents, teachers, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience.
Prizes. TNWAC will announce prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match.

Academic WorldQuest 2022 Topics

Where Climate and Migration Meet
Afghanistan: End of the 20-Year U.S.-Led Intervention
A Human-Centered Agenda for the Future of Work
CDC and the Global Health Agenda
Technology and Democracy: Threat or Promise?
Great Decisions *
21st Century Money: Dollars to Digital Currencies
Working for Peace Through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam
Insecurity in China’s Neighborhood
Current Events

* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match.)
Study Guide
The AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page.

For more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at <pat@tnwac.org >

THANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT

THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH

THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH

THE MISSION of the nonprofit, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world.
THE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.

Why Climate Change is a Business Matter | Gary Garfield
2022-03-30 15:00 - 16:00
Global Summit Series
Presented by the Center for International Business (CIB) at Belmont University in association with the Tennessee World Affairs Council
“Why Climate Change is a Business Matter”
with Gary Garfield
former Chairman, President & CEO, Bridgestone Americas

What: Seminar on “Why Climate Change is a Business Matter”
When: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m.
Where: Via Zoom & In-Person at Belmont University, Massey Business Center, Room 103.
How: Register below for the Zoom session or for your in-person invitation.
Why Climate Change is a Business Matter | Gary Garfield

Gary Garfield
Retired Chairman, CEO and President of Bridgestone Americas, Inc. Garfield initially joined Bridgestone Americas in the legal department in 1991, eventually rising to the position of Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of Bridgestone Americas. In March 2010, he was promoted to Bridgestone Americas’ CEO and President, and in January 2016 he was named as Executive Chairman of Bridgestone Americas. Over the last years, he also was promoted to a series of executive positions within Bridgestone Corporation, ultimately culminating in the position of Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of Bridgestone Americas’ parent company, Bridgestone Corporation.
He has been Director of Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce since July 03, 2014 and served as an Independent Director of Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc. since June 2015. He serves as a Director of Firestone Diversified Products, LLC, the Tennessee Chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, the Nashville Ballet and the Middle Tennessee Council, Boy Scouts of America. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Nashville Bar Association. He has been the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville’s Board of Trustees since January 2011. Since 2011, he has also served on the Board of Visitors for Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Business.
In 2012, Mr. Garfield was named National Chair for the Take Steps Be Heard walk program for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. He was a 2013 member of the Greater Nashville Executive Leadership Team for the American Heart Association and is serving as the 2015 Heart Walk Chairman.
Mr. Garfield holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Wittenberg University and his Juris Doctor from Cincinnati University.

THANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT

THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH

THE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007

THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH

THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH
THE MISSION of the nonprofit, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world.
THE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.

In Focus: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine | Ukraine and US Ambassadors | Sep 22
2022-09-22 22:00 - 2022-09-23 02:00
Thank you for your support to make our work possible.

The Tennessee World Affairs Council

in association with the
Peoria Area World Affairs Council

and Belmont University Center for International Business, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce present
via Zoom and In Person at the Peoria Area World Affairs Council
In Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Ambassador Oksana Markarova
Ukraine Ambassador to the United States

Ambassador John Herbst
United States Ambassador to Ukraine (2003-2006)

September 22, 2022 @ 5-9 pm CT
Simulcast Via Zoom during Peoria Area World Affairs Council Dinner

This program is provided by the Peoria Area World Affairs Council.
Registration is through the PAWAC web site. They offer free tickets to WAC members (Honor System) but ask for a donation to offset expenses from all. Please support World Affairs Councils with your generous gift.

War in Europe | Prof. Marieta Velikova | Russian Domestic & Economic Perspective | Aug 25

Biographies
Ambassador Oksana Markarova
Oksana Markarova was appointed the Ukraine’s Ambassador to the USA and arrived in DC on Apr 20, 2021. She served in Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance in 2015-2020 as First deputy Minister and Government commissioner on investments and then since 2018 as a Minister of Finance. During her time at the Ministry she was a co-author of Ukraine’s macroeconomic revival program, has conducted unprecedented fiscal consolidation leading to deficit to GDP of 2% and debt to GDP reduction to below 50%, introduced midterm budgeting, gender oriented budgeting as well as negotiated, structured and coordinated successfully two IMF programs and other IFI cooperation programs. During her tenure she and her team has also created UkraineInvest government promotion agency, Ukrainian Startup fund and an eData ecosystem of government public finance portals including spending.gov.ua, openbudget.gov.ua and analytical instrument BOOST, which opened the majority of the public finance data to the public and increased Ukraine in all major international data transparency ratings.
Prior to career in public service Mrs. Markarova spent 17 years working in private equity and financial advisory having leadership roles in ITT investment group, Western NIS Enterprise Fund, Chemonics and and World bank, as well as founded Archidata startup electronic archive company in between service positions in 2020.
Oksana Markarova serves at the Boards of UkraineHouse DC foundation in Washington DC, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukrainian Development Foundation and supports Ukrainian Catholic University and Ukrainian Press Museum-Archive.
She holds BS and MS degrees in Environmental Science from Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine and MPA in public finance from Indiana University with academic excellency and best international student awards.
Markarova is married with four children and grandson.

Ambassador John Herbst

Ambassador John E. Herbst is senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and served for thirty-one years as a foreign service officer in the US Department of State, retiring at the rank of career minister. He was US ambassador to Ukraine from 2003 to 2006, when he worked to enhance US-Ukrainian relations, help ensure the conduct of a fair Ukrainian presidential election, and prevent violence during the Orange Revolution. Prior to that, he was ambassador to Uzbekistan (2000-03), where he played a critical role in the establishment of an American base to help conduct Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. He also promoted improved US-Uzbek relations, in part by encouraging the government in Tashkent to improve its human rights record.
In his last four years at the State Department, he served as the coordinator for reconstruction and stabilization, leading the US government’s civilian capacity in societies in transition from conflict or civil strife, and to provide support to countries at risk of instability. He oversaw the establishment of the Civilian Response Corps of the United States, the US civilian rapid response force for reconstruction and stabilization operations overseas.
Ambassador Herbst previously served as US consul general in Jerusalem; principal deputy to the Ambassador-at-Large for the Newly Independent States; the director of the office of independent states and commonwealth affairs; director of regional affairs in the Near East Bureau; and at the embassies in Tel Aviv, Moscow, and Saudi Arabia.
He most recently served as director of the center for complex operations at National Defense University. He has received the Presidential Distinguished Service Award, the Secretary of State’s Career Achievement Award, and the State Department’s Distinguished Honor Award. Ambassador Herbst has written book chapters, articles, and op-eds on stability operations in Central Asia, Ukraine, and Russia. His writings have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, the National Interest, and Foreign Policy. He has been a frequent guest discussing the Ukraine crisis on television and radio.
Ambassador Herbst earned a bachelor of science in foreign service from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, Phi Beta Kappa, and a master of law and diplomacy, with distinction, from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. He also attended the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies Bologna Center.

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In Focus: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine | Germany, Russia, and Ukraine: How does this Conflict End? | Oct 10
2022-10-10 15:00 - 16:00
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In Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Germany, Russia, and Ukraine: How does this Conflict End?

Dr. Liana Fix
CFR Fellow for Europe, Council on Foreign Relations

Lieutenant General Ben Hodges
Former Commanding General, United States Army Europe

Monday October 10, 2022 @ 10:00 am CT
This program is provided by the American Council on Germany.

The West has shown unity and commitment to Ukraine that would not have been forecast a year ago. The post-Cold War institutions are proving resilient and Putin’s desire to divide the democratic Allies has paradoxically bolstered the unity and resolve within NATO, the European Union, and the international community writ large. But, as temperatures drop and heating (and electricity) prices rise, will this unity hold? The government in Berlin may come under renewed pressures following the decision by the Kremlin to halt natural gas exports.

On the battlefield, Ukraine’s army is gaining momentum but much of the land it has recaptured in the east and the south of the country has been raised and abandoned. The Russian Defense Ministry says it has 200,000 new recruits, but they have yet to be seen. And, the U.S. commitment to provide more military aid to Ukraine has heightened tensions between Washington and Moscow – with Russia’s Ambassador to the Unites States calling this an “immediate threat” to Moscow.

The American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council are continuing their series of virtual events titled In Focus: Russia’s War in Ukraine to provide continued updates on and insights into the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine that has rocked the world order. Join us on Monday, October 10 for a discussion with security experts Dr. Liana Fix and Lieutenant General Ben Hodges about the war in Ukraine.

War in Europe | Prof. Marieta Velikova | Russian Domestic & Economic Perspective | Aug 25

Dr. Liana Fix is a CFR Fellow for Europe, based in Washington, DC. Previously, she served in the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin. She is a political scientist and historian, and her work focuses on Russia and Eastern Europe, European security, arms control, and German foreign policy. She will be focusing on transatlantic policy toward Russia while at GMF. Dr. Fix has published widely in academia, thinktanks, and national and international media. She holds a doctorate degree from the Justus Liebig University Giessen and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Lieutenant General Ben Hodges served as Commanding General, United States Army Europe from 2014 to 2017 before his retirement from the Army in early 2018. General Hodges has also served in a variety of Joint and Army Staff positions including Tactics Instructor; Chief of Plans, 2nd Infantry Division in Korea; Aide-de-Camp to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Chief of Staff, XVIII Airborne Corps; Director of the Pakistan Afghanistan Coordination Cell on the Joint Staff; Chief of Legislative Liaison for the United States Army; and Commander, NATO Allied Land Command (İzmir, Turkey).
After his first assignment as an Infantry Lieutenant in Garlstedt, Germany, he commanded Infantry units at the Company, Battalion, and Brigade levels in the 101st Airborne Division, including Command of the First Brigade Combat Team “Bastogne” of the 101st Airborne Division in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (2003-2004). His other operational assignments include Chief of Operations for Multi-National Corps-Iraq in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (2005-2006) and Director of Operations, Regional Command South in Kandahar, Afghanistan (2009-2010).

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Geopolitics of Central Asia | Prof. John Miglietta
2022-10-13 18:00 - 19:00
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GLOBAL DIALOGUE SERIES
Via Zoom
The Geopolitics of Central Asia

October 13, 2022 | 1 pm CT
A Conversation With Professor John Miglietta

With Moderator
Professor Thomas Schwartz

Professor John Miglietta who teaches international politics at Tennessee State University recently completed a year in Tajikistan as a Fulbright Scholar. In this Global Dialogue he will discuss the geography of the region, the politics and governments of the region and how these countries emerged from the Soviet Union. He will conclude by discussing the roles of China, Russia, and the US. Distinguished historian Professor Thomas Schwartz will moderate the conversation.
Understanding developments in Central Asia is key to understanding developments in Russia and China and American interests in the region.
Professor John Miglietta
John Miglietta is a political scientist who focuses on the study of American foreign policy in the Middle East with an emphasis on international security issues. He is the author of American Alliance Policy in the Middle East, 1945-1992 (Rowman and Littlefield, 2002). This is a study of the dynamics of U.S. alliances in the region focusing on Iran, Israel, and Saudi Arabia. Dr. Miglietta also has research interests in studying American foreign policy in Central Asia, as well as weapons proliferation.
Professor Thomas Schwartz
Thomas Alan Schwartz is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States, with related interests in American politics, the history of international relations, Modern European history, and biography. His most recent book is Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography (Hill and Wang, 2020). The book has received considerable notice and acclaim.

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War in Europe | Prof. Marieta Velikova | Russian Domestic & Economic Perspective | Aug 25

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Luncheon | Former NSA Director ADM Michael Rogers | Nov 8
2022-11-08 17:30 - 19:00
REGISTRATION CLOSED

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LUNCHEON
In Person
A Conversation With Former NSA Director Admiral Michael Rogers

Former Director National Security Agency and Commander U.S. Cyber Command
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
11:30 a.m. CT Registration/Networking
12:00 p.m. Lunch, Remarks, Q and A
Venue: Massey Board Room, Massey Business Center, Belmont University, Nashville
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Luncheon | Former NSA Director ADM Michael Rogers | Nov 8

What has the United States learned about cyber security threats and how is it prepared to respond? How do we ensure the nation’s competitive ability in the 21st century? These are among the topics the former Director of the National Security Agency and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command, will address at a November 8, 2022 luncheon at Belmont University.
Admiral Michael Rogers, a retired Navy four-star, served over three decades as a Cryptologic Warfare Officer, leading to appointment as America’s top cryptology and cyber DoD official. Rogers led that effort for four years directing the Defense Department’s cyber security mission.
The Tennessee World Affairs Council and Belmont University’s Center for Global Citizenship invite you to join Admiral Rogers at a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. CT on November 8th. This is your opportunity for first-hand insights and perspectives on the cyber threats facing the U.S. government, businesses and individuals from the expanding universe of virtual threats.
The luncheon will be followed by a panel discussion with Admiral Rogers moderated by Congressman Jim Cooper featuring government, industry and academia experts. The luncheon is set for the Massey Board Room in Belmont’s Massey Business Center. Both programs are open to the public and information and registration is on the Tennessee World Affairs Council Web site (TNWAC.org). Contact TNWAC President Patrick Ryan for information on corporate sponsorship of Admiral Rogers’ visit and programs. (pat@TNWAC.org)

Admiral Michael Rogers retired in June 2018 after nearly 37 years of service, culminating his career with more than four years leading U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency (NSA). Starting his career as a surface warfare officer and ultimately transitioning to duty as a cryptology warfare officer, he served around the globe afloat and ashore, focusing on maritime operations, intelligence, and cyber.
Admiral Rogers is an NROTC graduate of Auburn University, holds a master of science in national security, is a distinguished graduate of the National War College, and is a graduate of highest distinction from the Naval War College. He is a Seminar XXI Fellow and a Harvard Senior Executive in National Security alum. He has commanded at the unit, numbered fleet, and service component level and at the sub-unified level and ran the largest intelligence organization in the U.S. government at NSA, as well as its newest unified command in U.S. Cyber Command.

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THE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.

Cyber Threats Panel | Admiral Rogers | Former NSA Director | Nov 8
2022-11-08 19:30 - 21:00
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and Belmont University Center for Global Citizenship
in association with the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
SPECIAL EDITION
GLOBAL DIALOGUE PANEL SERIES
In Person
Cyber Threats Across the Spectrum and What’s Being Done
With Former NSA Director Admiral Michael Rogers

Former Director National Security Agency and Commander U.S. Cyber Command
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
1:30-3:00 p.m. CT
Conference Room, Janet Ayres Academic Center at Belmont University

With Moderator

Congressman Jim Cooper (TN-5th)
House Armed Services Committee
Chair, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
And Panelists

Ms. Casey Santos
CIO, Asurion

Mr. Paul Connelly
VP Information Protection and Security at HCA Healthcare

Dr. Brandon Prins
Political Science Department Head, University of Tennessee Knoxville

Curtis Clan
Chief Information Security Officer
State of Tennessee

Cyber Threats Panel | Former NSA Director ADM Michael Rogers | Nov 8
The threat of malicious cyber activities against the United States – governments, businesses and individuals – will be on the agenda as Navy Admiral Michael Rogers talks with the Nashville community. Rogers, a retired four-star, completed his 37 years in uniform serving four years as Director of the National Security Agency and Commander of the United States Cyber Command.
Admiral Rogers will lead a panel discussing cyber threats hosted by the Tennessee World Affairs Council and Belmont University’s Center for Global Citizenship at 1:30 p.m. CT, November 8, 2022. The panel will be moderated by Congressman Jim Cooper, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee and as Chair of the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
The cyber threat panel will feature speakers representing industry, government and academia including: Ms. Casey Santos, CIO of Asurion; Mr. Paul Connelly, VP Information Protection and Security at HCA Healthcare, Dr. Brandon Prins, Political Science Department Head, University of Tennessee Knoxville; and Curtis Clan, Chief Information Security Officer, State of Tennessee.
The panel will follow a luncheon at Belmont featuring Admiral Rogers, and is set for the conference room at Belmont’s Janet Ayres Conference Center. Both programs are open to the public and information and registration is on the Tennessee World Affairs Council Web site (TNWAC.org). Contact TNWAC President Patrick Ryan for information on corporate sponsorship of Admiral Rogers’ visit and programs. (pat@TNWAC.org)

Admiral Michael Rogers retired in June 2018 after nearly 37 years of service, culminating his career with more than four years leading U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency (NSA). Starting his career as a surface warfare officer and ultimately transitioning to duty as a cryptology warfare officer, he served around the globe afloat and ashore, focusing on maritime operations, intelligence, and cyber.
Admiral Rogers is an NROTC graduate of Auburn University, holds a master of science in national security, is a distinguished graduate of the National War College, and is a graduate of highest distinction from the Naval War College. He is a Seminar XXI Fellow and a Harvard Senior Executive in National Security alum. He has commanded at the unit, numbered fleet, and service component level and at the sub-unified level and ran the largest intelligence organization in the U.S. government at NSA, as well as its newest unified command in U.S. Cyber Command.

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Putin and Russia’s War: Putin and Russia’s War: What Makes Putin Tick? | Nov 14 | Zoom
2022-11-14 15:00 - 16:00
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in association with the
American Council on Germany

and with Belmont University Center for Global Citizenship, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
In Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
via Zoom
Putin and Russia’s War

with

Katja Gloger
Journalist and Author

Andrew S. Weiss
James Family Chair and Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Monday, November 14, 2022
@ 9:00 a.m. CT

It is being reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not travel to Bali next week to participate in the G20 Summit. This was confirmed overnight by Moscow’s embassy to Indonesia. At the same time, we are seeing reports that the Kremlin is withdrawing its troops from Kherson, the only regional capital it managed to capture since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February. The retreat from Kherson is one of the most serious blows to Russia in Putin’s war. Just a month ago, he declared that Kherson and three other regions in Ukraine are part of the Russian nation at an event in Moscow’s Red Square.
Join us for a discussion with Putin biographers and Russia experts Katja Gloger and Andrew S. Weiss about the war in Ukraine.

Journalist and author Katja Gloger studied Eastern European History and Political Science in Hamburg and Moscow and has an MBA from Purdue University, Indiana. She started her career as a news reporter for German Television ARD. As Moscow Bureau Chief for Stern magazine she witnessed the fall of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia. She also worked as Foreign Editor for Stern magazine – with a focus on Russia, international affairs, and security policy. She also served as Stern’s Senior Political Correspondent in Washington, DC, from 2004 until the end of 2008. Since 2009, she has served on the magazine’s editorial board.
Ms. Gloger won the prestigious German Henri Nannen Award for Best Documentary Reporting in 2010. She is a Board member of the German section of Reporters Without Borders, a human rights organization defending the freedom of the press, and a member of the Atlantik-Brücke. She has published several books on Russia, including Putin’s World: The New Russia, Ukraine, and the West.

Andrew S. Weiss (ACG Young Leader) is the James Family Chair and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research on Russia and Eurasia. His graphic novel biography of Vladimir Putin, Accidental Czar: the Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin, will be published by First Second/Macmillan in November 2022.
Prior to joining Carnegie, he was director of the RAND Corporation’s Center for Russia and Eurasia and executive director of the RAND Business Leaders Forum. Mr. Weiss’s career has spanned both the public and private sectors. He previously served as director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs on the National Security Council staff, as a member of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, and as a policy assistant in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy during the administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush.

Previously in the In Focus series:

In Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Kornblum, Velikova, Walker | Aug 25 | Video | Podcast | Transcript

In Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Cold Wars | Prof Thomas Schwartz | Aug 18 | Video | Podcast | Transcript

In Focus: Russia’s Invasion | Anna Novosad | A Ukrainian Perspective | Jul 21 | Video | Podcast | Transcript

Russia’s Invasion | Amb John Kornblum | Is This The New Normal? | Jul 7 | Video | Podcast | Transcript

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Humanitarian Crisis | Tamara Demuria | June 29 | Video | Podcast | Transcript

The War in Ukraine: How Will this End? | Amb John Kornblum | Dr. Liana Fix | Video | Podcast | Transcript

War in Europe | Dr. Roger Kangas | Mar 31 | Video | Podcast | Transcript

Implications and Consequences of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Mar 16 | Video | Transcript

The Unfolding War in Europe | Mar 2 | Video | Transcript
War in Europe | Feb 25 | Video | Transcript
Russia’s Threat to Ukraine | The Crisis Unfolds | Feb 15 | Video | Transcript
Germany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis | Feb 1 | Video | Transcript
Russia’s Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds | Jan 17 | Video | Transcript

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THE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.

Practice Match Dec 4 | Academic WorldQuest High School Global Affairs Challenge
2022-12-04 19:00 - 21:00
The 2023 Anne Smedinghoff
Academic WorldQuest
HS Global Affairs Challenge
Practice Match #1

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December 4, 2022 @ 1:00pm Via Zoom
Academic WorldQuest teams join us for the first of two practice matches to prepare for the 2023 Tennessee Championship match.
The December 4th match will be via Zoom and will give teams an opportunity to become familiar with the competition format and to work through questions from the ten topics being considered.
On December 4th you will compete on topics 1-5 from the 2023 Study Guide.
1. Securing the Future of the World’s Wildlife
2. The Arctic Council: Frozen Cooperation
3. Atrocity Prevention and Accountability
4. Combating Global Food Insecurity
5. Economic Sanctions – A Double-Edged Sword
Teachers and teams who have already registered will be sent an email with the Practice Match Zoom info.
If you have not already registered for the 2023 Academic WorldQuest challenge please do today.
Register HERE.
For more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at <pat@tnwac.org >

2023 Academic WorldQuest Global Challenge
The Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available.
The TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE.

WorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system.
The Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The championship match (Mar 2023) will be in person at Belmont University. The two practices sessions will be virtual.
Recent WorldQuest seasons have been impacted by Covid-19 measures. There are no restrictions in place as of September 2022 but TNWAC will ensure compliance with CDC, WACA and other appropriate steps should public health concerns arise.

The top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington, D.C., April 2023 at the United States Institute of Peace.
The Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies, think tanks, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives. Covid-19 restrictions may limit venue availability.

WorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program.

Plans for 2022-23
Dates

DECEMBER 4, 2022 – 1:00PM CT – PRACTICE MATCH PART I (optional) via Zoom | Topics 1-5
JANUARY 29, 2023 – 1:00PM CT – PRACTICE MATCH PART II (optional) via Zoom | Topics 6-10
MARCH 5, 2023 – 1:00PM CT – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University | check in at 12:30p
APRIL 27-30, 2023 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington, DC for visits to international institutions.
APRIL 28-29, 2023 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday), hosted at the United States Institute of Peace

Notes

Teams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.
Students are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.

Carlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country.
The national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year, along with their parents, teachers, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience.
Prizes
Students. TNWAC will announce student prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match.
Teachers. In recognition of the role teachers play in the advancement of global literacy in the classroom TNWAC will award grants to the teacher sponsors of the top three teams in the TNWAC Championship match. The grants can be used by the teachers for global affairs related materials in the classroom.
First Place Team Teacher – $500.00
Second Place Team Techer – $250.00
Third Place Team Teacher – $250.00
Resources
Links to the Study Guide, Teachers Guide, Operations Information and flyers are contained in THIS LINK.

Academic WorldQuest 2023 Topics
1. Securing the Future of the World’s Wildlife
2. The Arctic Council: Frozen Cooperation
3. Atrocity Prevention and Accountability
4. Combating Global Food Insecurity
5. Economic Sanctions – A Double-Edged Sword
6. Great Decisions
7. Country in Focus: Ethiopia
8. The Future of Supply Chains
9. Battle of the Century: Autocracy vs. Democracy
10. Current Events
* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale from the Foreign Policy Association. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match where Great Decisions will be used as a topic.)
Study Guide
The AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page.

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THE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.

Ireland | International Business | AMB Geraldine Byrne Nason | Jan 19
2023-01-19 18:00 - 19:30
TNWAC | World Affairs Council of the Year 2022

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IBC Lunch with Ambassador of Ireland to the USA, Her Excellency Geraldine Byrne Nason

January 19, 2023 @ 12:00-1:30 p.m. CST

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Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason assumed her role as Ireland’s 19th Ambassador to the United States in August 2022. Geraldine was Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations in New York (2017- 22). Previously, she served as Ambassador to France (2014-17), Second Secretary General in the Department of the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) (2011-14), Ambassador and Ireland’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU (2005-11)), and Director of the National Forum on Europe (2004-05).
During her career, Ambassador Byrne Nason has served in Brussels, New York, Paris, Vienna and Helsinki. As Second Secretary-General in the Department of the Taoiseach from 2011-2014, she was the highest ranking female public servant in Ireland. During that period, she also was Secretary General of Ireland’s Economic Management Council.
On her arrival in New York, Ambassador Byrne Nason led Ireland’s successful campaign for a seat on the United Nations Security Council, and led the New York Security Council team for the 2021-2022 term. Geraldine was Chair of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for 2018 and 2019. She has also co-chaired high-level political negotiations on the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela and on the ‘Samoa pathway’ for Small Island Developing States.
A native of County Louth, in 2020 Ambassador Byrne Nason was awarded the Freedom of Drogheda, the town’s highest honour and was the third woman to receive the award of its 35 recipients. In 2014, Geraldine was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy, Ireland’s highest academic honour. Ambassador Byrne Nason holds an Honorary Doctorate of Law from Maynooth University as well as Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Literature from Saint Patrick’s College in Maynooth (NUIM). Ambassador Byrne Nason is married and has one son.
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Practice Match Jan 29 | Academic WorldQuest High School Global Affairs Challenge
2023-01-29 19:00 - 21:00
The 2023 Anne Smedinghoff
Academic WorldQuest
HS Global Affairs Challenge
Practice Match #2

January 29, 2023 @ 1:00pm Via Zoom
Academic WorldQuest teams join us for the first of two practice matches to prepare for the 2023 Tennessee Championship match.
The January 29th match will be via Zoom and will give teams an opportunity to become familiar with the competition format and work through questions from the ten topics being considered.
On January 29th you will compete on topics 6-10 from the 2023 Study Guide.
6. Current Events I *
7. Country in Focus: Ethiopia
8. The Future of Supply Chains
9. Battle of the Century: Autocracy vs. Democracy
10. Current Events II
*Current events in lieu of “Great Decisions” which will be a topic at the April National Championship match
Teachers and teams who have already registered will be sent an email with the Practice Match Zoom info. If you have not already registered for the 2023 Academic WorldQuest challenge please do today.
Register HERE.
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2023 Academic WorldQuest Global Challenge
The Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available.
The TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE.

WorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system.
The Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The championship match (Mar 2023) will be in person at Belmont University. The two practices sessions will be virtual.
Recent WorldQuest seasons have been impacted by Covid-19 measures. There are no restrictions in place as of September 2022 but TNWAC will ensure compliance with CDC, WACA and other appropriate steps should public health concerns arise.

The top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington, D.C., April 2023 at the United States Institute of Peace.
The Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies, think tanks, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives. Covid-19 restrictions may limit venue availability.

WorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program.

Plans for 2022-23
Dates

DECEMBER 4, 2022 – 1:00PM CT – PRACTICE MATCH PART I (optional) via Zoom | Topics 1-5
JANUARY 29, 2023 – 1:00PM CT – PRACTICE MATCH PART II (optional) via Zoom | Topics 6-10
MARCH 5, 2023 – 1:00PM CT – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University | check in at 12:30p
APRIL 27-30, 2023 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington, DC for visits to international institutions.
APRIL 28-29, 2023 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday), hosted at the United States Institute of Peace

Notes

Teams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.
Students are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.

Carlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country.
The national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year, along with their parents, teachers, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience.
Prizes
Students. TNWAC will announce student prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match.
Teachers. In recognition of the role teachers play in the advancement of global literacy in the classroom TNWAC will award grants to the teacher sponsors of the top three teams in the TNWAC Championship match. The grants can be used by the teachers for global affairs related materials in the classroom.
First Place Team Teacher – $500.00
Second Place Team Techer – $250.00
Third Place Team Teacher – $250.00
Resources
Links to the Study Guide, Teachers Guide, Operations Information and flyers are contained in THIS LINK.

Academic WorldQuest 2023 Topics
1. Securing the Future of the World’s Wildlife
2. The Arctic Council: Frozen Cooperation
3. Atrocity Prevention and Accountability
4. Combating Global Food Insecurity
5. Economic Sanctions – A Double-Edged Sword
6. Great Decisions
7. Country in Focus: Ethiopia
8. The Future of Supply Chains
9. Battle of the Century: Autocracy vs. Democracy
10. Current Events
* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale from the Foreign Policy Association. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match where Great Decisions will be used as a topic.)
Study Guide
The AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page.

For more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at <pat@tnwac.org >

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THE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.

Canada | International Business | Consul General Hill | Feb 2
2023-02-02 14:00 - 15:30
TNWAC | World Affairs Council of the Year 2022

Presents In Person
IBC Breakfast: A Conversation With Canadian Consul General
James K. Hill

February 2, 2023 @ 8:00-9:30 a.m. CST

Baker Donelson
1600 West End Avenue, 21st Floor
Nashville, TN 37203

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Canada Trade Fact Sheet

“The Canada–U.S. relationship is deeply rooted in our shared values, history and vision for the future.”
Join the International Business Council on February 2nd for a conversation with Consul General Hill about the Tennessee and the United States trade with Canada and more. CG Hill is an expert on international issues and Canada’s role in the world, having served as a diplomat in many of the world’s difficult posts — Afghanistan, Libya and Tehran. He also served in Costa Rica as Canada’s Ambassador with the Honduras and Nicaragua portfolio. Hill’s earlier assignments included posts in Mozambique, Brazil and Kosovo.
Don’t miss this opportunity to talk about Tennessee’s number ONE trade partner with a diplomat who has a broad world view.

James K. Hill, Consul General of Canada, Atlanta
Mr. Hill joined the Department of External Affairs in 1989. Prior to his assignment as Canada’s Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica with cross accreditation to the Republics of Honduras and Nicaragua, Mr. Hill served abroad as Consul General in Seattle, Washington; Chargé d’ affaires at the Embassy of Canada in Kuwait; Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Canada in Kabul, Afghanistan, and Chargé d’affaires at the Embassy of Canada, Tripoli, Libya. These were preceded by assignments as High Commissioner of Canada in Maputo, Mozambique; Consul General of Canada, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Head of the Canadian Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission in Pristina, Kosovo (Yugoslavia) and as Second Secretary & Vice Consul at the Embassy of Canada in Tehran, Iran.
At Global Affairs Canada in Ottawa, Mr. Hill held management positions as Director for Middle East & Africa Commercial/Economic Relations, Director for Europe & Central Asia Commercial/Economic Relations, Deputy Director of the Latin America Division and Deputy Director of the Western Hemisphere Summits Office.
Mr. Hill was born and raised in Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
James K. Hill: B. Ed., University of Saskatchewan, 1983; BA [History], University of Saskatchewan, 1985; Post Graduate Diploma [International Studies], University Cândido Mendes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1998.

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Careers | Women in National Security | Apr 19
2023-04-19 16:30 - 18:00
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Women in National Security Careers
TNWAC hosts a seminar featuring women from a variety of national security disciplines to discuss their career paths, experiences and ups and downs of working in the field.
Press releases, newsletter notes and other materials to promote these panels on your campus and among your networks. TNWAC.org/Careers
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April 19, 2023 @ 11:30am-1:00pm CT
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Moderator

Deborah Monroe
Senior Defense Intelligence Officer (Ret)

Leila Gardner
Assistant Director, U.S. Marine Corps HQ Deputy Commandant for Information
& USN Reserve Intelligence Officer

Safa Shahwan Edwards
Deputy Director of Cyber Statecraft, Atlantic Council

Maureen Page
Research Director, Defense Intelligence Agency

Moderator
Deborah Monroe
Ms. Monroe served as an intelligence officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency from 1994 to 2021. Prior to retirement in 2021, she was the Senior US Defense Liaison Officer at Royal Air Force Base Wyton as part of her assignment to the the UK Ministry of Defence Directorate for Intelligence. From 2013 to 2016, she served as the Information Review Task Force (IRTF) Senior Intelligence Officer assessing the impact of the compromise classified information on Department of Defense (DoD) Intelligence and Operations capabilities. From 2011 to 2013, Ms. Monroe served as Deputy Chief of the Middle East and North Africa Office, and as the Deputy Director for the Middle East and Africa Regional Center. From August 2010 to March 2011, she was Intelligence Chief for the first DoD Information Review Task Force which was charged with assessing the impact of the leak of classified reporting to WikiLeaks. Ms. Monroe served in a number of additional positions within DIA: Acting-Chief of the Defense Intelligence Open Source Program Office; Deputy Chief of the 200-member Counterproliferation Support Office (CPT); Executive Assistant to VADM Jake Jacoby, Director, DIA; and in a variety of positions in the Joint Chiefs of Staff Directorate for Intelligence, J2.
Ms. Monroe’s civilian awards include: Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Exceptional Achievement Medal; DIA Director’s Award; DIA Award for Exceptional Civilian Service; and the DoD Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Role Model Award. Ms. Monroe received an MA in National Security and Strategic Studies from the US Naval War College in 1999; an MBA from St. Ambrose University in 1994; and a BS in Journalism from Texas A&M University in 1987. She currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee where she volunteers with the Tennessee World Affairs Council and is active in the local community.

Leila Gardner
Ms. Gardner is the Assistant Director, Headquarters Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Information
As the Assistant Director of Intelligence she manages the Headquarters Intelligence Branches and provides professional intelligence management and policy support to assist the Director of Intelligence (DIRINT) and the Deputy Commandant for Information (DCI) in the conduct of Marine Corps Intelligence activities within the Marine Corps, Defense, and National Intelligence Communities. Prior to her selection as the Assistant Director, she served as the USMC Intelligence Mission Manager and advised the DCI, the DIRINT, and the Marine Corps Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Enterprise (MCISRE) on all aspects of strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence, including current and future programs. While on a Joint Duty Assignment with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Ms. Gardner was the Deputy Research Director for Military Capabilities from September 2018-September 2019 and from February 2017 to August 2018, she served at the Mission Manager for Europe Eurasia at DIA. From October 2019 to October 2020 Ms. Gardner spent a year on active duty as a Navy Commander as a Defense Liaison to the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense-Intelligence at RAF Wyton’s Pathfinder Five Eyes Facility. Prior to joining DIA on a Joint Duty Assignment in February 2017, she was the Senior Advisor to the Director of Intelligence for Analysis and Production, Headquarters Marine Corps. In that position she represented the Marine Corps as the senior intelligence analyst and provided policy and management guidance on intelligence analysis and production in order to assist the Director of Intelligence in the conduct of Service Intelligence activities within the Marine Corps, Defense, and National Intelligence Communities.
Ms. Gardner was selected as a Defense Intelligence Senior Leader (DISL) in September 2011. Her areas of responsibility include Advancing Analysis across the Marine Intelligence Enterprise, the Unified Intelligence Strategies, National Intelligence Estimates, and strategic planning. She was assigned to the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA) from 2000-2010 where she held various analytic and leadership positions including threat analysis and regional specialist. Her areas of concentration included cultural intelligence, irregular warfare, and the need to utilize open source material to provide intelligence products at the lowest classification level. In October 2010 she assumed the duties as the N2, Director of Analysis, for the KENNEDY Irregular Warfare Center at the Office of Naval Intelligence.
Ms. Gardner began her intelligence career in 2000 at the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity where she served in a number of analytic positions including the Balkans, Horn of Africa, and Russia regional analysis. In addition to her duties as Senior Associate Mission Manager, Ms. Gardner is a commissioned intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve. She was commissioned in 2003 after having served 10 years as an enlisted Marine Corps intelligence specialist in the Marine Corps Reserve. Her personal decorations include the Bronze Star, Joint Service Commendation medal (oak leaf in lieu of second award), Navy Commendation medal

(gold star in lieu of second award), Joint Service Achievement medal and Navy Marine Corps Achievement medal.
Ms. Gardner is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and holds a Master of Science in Military Studies degree from Marine Corps Command and Staff College. She received her Intelligence Community Officer designation in 2009.
Safa Shahwan Edwards
Safa Shahwan Edwards is the deputy director of the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative under the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab). In this role, she manages the administration and external communications of the Initiative, as well as the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge, the Initiative’s global cyber policy and strategy competition.
Safa holds an MA in International Affairs with a concentration in Conflict Resolution from the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs and a BA in Political Science from Miami University of Ohio. Safa is of Bolivian and Jordanian heritage and speaks Spanish and Arabic.

Maureen Page
DISL, Research Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
Ms. Page leads the planning, execution, and oversight of intelligence research and analytic tradecraft within the Directorate for Analysis. She oversees the development of analytic tradecraft guidance, leads analytic outreach programs, guides DIA’s product evaluation and analytic lessons learned efforts, and develops the Defense Intelligence Enterprise’s Program of Analysis. She previously served as the Senior Defense Intelligence Analyst (SDIA) for Executive Production, the SDIA for U.S. European Command, and the SDIA for Europe and NATO within DIA’s Europe Eurasia Regional Center. She was appointed to the Defense Intelligence Senior Level in November 2013.
Hailing from New Jersey, Ms. Page attended Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and studied at Harvard College from which she graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Studies. After college, Ms. Page attended the London School of Economics and Political Science and graduated with a Master of Science degree with merit in Comparative Politics.
Ms. Page joined DIA in 2003 as an analyst. From 2005 to 2007, she worked in the White House Situation Room where she served as the Senior Duty Officer providing direct intelligence support to the President of the United States. From 2008 to 2010, she served on the National Intelligence Council (NIC) as the Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Europe. During this rotation, she orchestrated two National Intelligence Estimates. After completing the NIC rotation, Ms. Page retuned to DIA as the Deputy Defense Intelligence Officer for Europe and NATO from 2011 until 2013. In this capacity, she briefed the President of the United States on a key intelligence topic in mid-2011. In 2012, Ms. Page became the Europe Division Chief within DIA’s Europe Eurasia Regional Center.
Ms. Page received the Meritorious Presidential Rank Award in 2019. She previously received the National Intelligence Exceptional Achievement Award from the Office of Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Meritorious Civilian Service Award twice. She is a four-time recipient of DIA’s Meritorious Civilian Service Award.
Ms. Page resides with her husband, Matthew, formerly an analyst at State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research. They have three children: Teddy, Jack, and Anna.

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THE MISSION of the nonprofit, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world.
THE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine | Ambassador John Kornblum | May 24
2023-05-24 17:00 - 18:00
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SPECIAL GLOBAL DIALOGUE SERIES
IN FOCUS: RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE
via Zoom

Ambassador John Kornblum
Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
with moderator

Patrick W. Ryan
President, Tennessee World Affairs Council
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
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War in Europe | Amb John Kornblum | Mar 16

Ambassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process), Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp, Technologies AG, Bayer AG, Russell Reynolds, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany, the American Academy in Berlin, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964, and he has been the recipient of many awards, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria.
Patrick Ryan
Patrick Ryan is President and founder of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. In 2007 Ryan organized a group of concerned citizens to launch Tennessee’s first World Affairs Council, to bring global awareness education programs and resources to communities and schools in the state. Ryan served 26 years in the United States Navy as an enlisted Submariner, Surface Warfare officer and Intelligence Officer. Post-retirement he opened a newsletter publishing business focused on Middle East Affairs. Ryan also serves as President of the Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association.
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Webinar | Saudi-US Relations: The Defense & National Security Piece | Jul 19
2023-07-19 17:00 - 18:00
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GLOBAL DIALOGUE
via Zoom
Saudi-U.S. Relations: The Defense and National Security Piece

Commodore Abdulateef Al Mulhim, Royal Saudi Navy (Retired)

Vice President Saudi Consulting Services-SaudConsult and Columnist at The Arab News and Alyaum Newspapers

Professor David Des Roches
Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA) at National Defense University
and Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired)
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
1200 CT | 1300 ET | 2000 SAST
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When President Franklin Roosevelt met King Abdulaziz, founder of Saudi Arabia, in the Suez Canal during World War II, there was no talk of oil for security. The leaders discussed their mutual interests in the context of the world of 1945, but the longstanding conventional thinking about the relationship was not the basis for building ties. So says Professor David Des Roches, Army combat veteran, who served numerous tours in the Middle East and now specializes in the Arabian Peninsula at the Defense Department’s Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies. He notes there’s a shortfall in the knowledge of the history of America’s security interests with the Kingdom.
The lack of detail in that knowledge is a point also made by Commodore Abdulateef al Mulhim who served a career in the Royal Saudi Navy and who is a consultant and commentator on global affairs, especially the U.S.-Saudi relationship. The deep ties and shared interests, he says, are little understood as he points to the successful partnership in the Cold War, in tackling regional security challenges and in serving as a reliable provider of global energy resources. Mulhim, who received his undergraduate education at the State University of New York Maritime College, notes that the liberation of Kuwait and other American military operations in the region would not have been possible with the close partnership.
The U.S.-Saudi ties span many dimensions: political, military, economic, cultural, academic and more. However, the conversation in the U.S. about America’s relationship with Saudi Arabia is generally focused on leadership issues. Former American Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Chas Freeman likened it to a marriage that had its ups and downs but had staying power based on the mutual benefit. The national security partnership, said Des Roches, was very good, adding, until Jamal Khashoggi. The brutal murder of the journalist put the conduct of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the spotlight amid accusations he ordered the crime. The White House has worked to move forward but a number of issues remain. Meanwhile, the strategic importance of the relationship, the “tough neighborhood” American military forces continue to engage in, and the interest in the stability and safe availability of Arabian Peninsula energy supplies make it important to understand that piece of U.S.-Saudi ties.
Join TNWAC in a Global Dialogue Zoom Webinar featuring Commodore Abdulateef al Mulhim and Professor David Des Roches with moderator, Patrick Ryan, TNWAC President on July 19 at 12:00 pm Central Time, 1:00 pm Eastern Time and 8:00 pm Saudi Arabia Standard Time to discuss the historical context and more.
We’ll explore these questions and more, and your questions too:

What is the current state of the mil-to-mil partnership?
What is the significance of GCC partners signing the Abraham Accord with Israel?
What is the impact of Riyad’s improved relations with Russia and China?
What is the impact of Riyad’s improved relations with Iran?
How has the Saudi-led alliance’s war in Yemen affected U.S. ties?
How can the U.S. and Saudi Arabia improve mutual security interests in the Gulf?

About Abdulateef al Mulhim
Abdulateef Al Mulhim is Vice President at Saudi Consulting Services-Saudi Consult. He served in the Royal Saudi Navy for over 27 years reaching the rank of Commodore. He was commissioned following his undergraduate education at the State University of New York Maritime College in New York City. Commodore al Mulhim served in numerous operational and staff assignments in the Saudi Royal Navy including duties in the United States. He has been active in talking about Saudi-US relations at conferences and in the media in the U.S. and in the Middle East. He has been a regular columnist for newspaper including the widely read English language “Arab News” and Alyaum newspapers.
About David Des Roches
David B. Des Roches is Associate Professor at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA) at National Defense University, where he specializes in countries of the Arabian Peninsula, Gulf Cooperation Council Regional Security, Border Security, Weapons Transfers, Missile Defense, Counterinsurgency, Terrorism and emerging trends.
He joined NESA in 2011 after serving the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy in numerous positions, including as Director of the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula, the DoD liaison to the Department of Homeland Security, the Senior Country Director for Pakistan, the NATO Operations Director (where he drafted the NATO comprehensive approach directive), the Deputy Director for Peacekeeping, and the spokesman for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. Prior to that, he served in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy as an International Law Enforcement Analyst and Special Assistant for Strategy.
Professor Des Roches has lectured at the Qatari Staff College, the Saudi War College, and is the author of numerous articles and chapters on Gulf security. He is the editor of The Arms Trade, Military Services and the Security Market in the Gulf: Trends and Implications (Berlin: Gerlach, 2016), and a contributing author of the NATO curriculum on counterinsurgency [Link] as well as the NATO curriculum on counterterrorism [Link]. He regularly presents at various Washington and international think tanks on Middle East and security issues.
Professor Des Roches holds advanced degrees from the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies and Kings College London, which he attended as a British Marshall Scholar. He also holds an advanced degree from the U.S. Army War College, and a bachelor of science degree from the United States Military Academy, West Point, where he was selected to Phi Kappa Phi. He is also a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute, the US Government education center for senior civil servants. He is a non-resident academic fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, a non-resident senior fellow at the Gulf International Forum, and senior international affairs fellow at the National Council on US Arab Relations.
He had a thirty year career in the US Army and Army reserve, serving in conventional and special operations parachute units as well as on the Joint Staff, the US Special Operations Command staff, and deployed to Bosnia and Afghanistan, where he was awarded the Bronze Star. He retired as a Colonel and is a Ranger and Master Parachutist.
Professor Des Roches is a regular commentator on regional affairs on various Arabic and English language television networks including Sky News Arabia, al-Hurra, al-Jazeera, al-Araby, and al-Mayadeen, and on radio networks such as the Voice of America.

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Oppenheimer and Existential Threats | Dr. Rachel Bronson | Aug 16
2023-08-16 17:00 - 18:00
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GLOBAL DIALOGUE
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“Oppenheimer”: What Does The Story Tell Us About Existential Threats Then and Now

Dr. Rachel Bronson
President and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
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The Bulletin keeps track of the “Doomsday Clock,” and every January reminds us how close we are to midnight. This year the clock ticked closer.
A time of unprecedented danger: It is 90 seconds to midnight
January 2023 “Doomsday Clock” Statement

One attendee will be selected to receive a copy of “American Prometheus: The Trimuph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer,” by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwood, the biography behind the movie, “Oppenheimer.”

“American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, “father of the atomic bomb,” the brilliant, charismatic physicist who led the effort to capture the awesome fire of the sun for his country in time of war. Immediately after Hiroshima, he became the most famous scientist of his generation-one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, the embodiment of modern man confronting the consequences of scientific progress.
“He was the author of a radical proposal to place international controls over atomic materials-an idea that is still relevant today. He opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb and criticized the Air Force’s plans to fight an infinitely dangerous nuclear war. In the now almost-forgotten hysteria of the early 1950s, his ideas were anathema to powerful advocates of a massive nuclear buildup, and, in response, Atomic Energy Commission chairman Lewis Strauss, Superbomb advocate Edward Teller and FBI director J. Edgar Hoover worked behind the scenes to have a hearing board find that Oppenheimer could not be trusted with America’s nuclear secrets.
“American Prometheus sets forth Oppenheimer’s life and times in revealing and unprecedented detail.”
–Amazon

About Dr. Rachel Bronson

Rachel Bronson is the president and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. She oversees the publishing programs, management of the Doomsday Clock, and a growing set of activities around nuclear risk, climate change, and disruptive technologies. Before joining the Bulletin, Bronson served as the vice president of studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. She also taught “Global Energy” as an adjunct professor at the Kellogg School of Management.
Prior to moving to Chicago, Bronson served as senior fellow and director of Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Earlier positions include senior fellow for international security affairs at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and adjunct professor at Columbia University. Bronson’s book, Thicker than Oil: America’s Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia (Oxford University Press, 2006), has been translated into Japanese and was published in paperback in June 2008.
Her writings have appeared in publications such as Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, The National Interest, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, and The Chicago Tribune. She has appeared as a commentator on numerous radio and television outlets, including National Public Radio, CNN, al Jazeera, the Yomiuri Shimbun, “PBS NewsHour,” “The Charlie Rose Show,” and “The Daily Show.” Bronson has served as a consultant to NBC News and testified before the congressional Task Force on Anti-Terrorism and Proliferation Financing, Congress’s Joint Economic Committee, and the 9/11 Commission.
Bronson is a board director of the American University of Iraq Foundation and a board member of the Francis W. Parker School. She has served as co-chair of Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Producer Guild, and as a board member of the Ruth Page Center for the Arts. Bronson was named by Today’s Chicago Woman magazine as one of 100 Women to Watch (2012), 20 Women to Watch by Crain’s Chicago Business (2008), a Carnegie Corporation Scholar (2003), and a Glamour Magazine “Wow Woman” (2002). She is a member of the International Women’s Forum, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of Chicago and the Pacific Council. She earned a BA in history at the University of Pennsylvania and a MA and PhD in political science from Columbia University in 1997.

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Webinar | In Focus Series: Ukraine | Putin's Mercenaries | Medical Frontline | Sep 27
2023-09-27 17:00 - 18:00
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In Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Humanitarian Dimension: The Healthcare Frontline
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The Wagner Mercenaries: Conversation with Award Winning Documentarian

Ewa Galica
Journalist and Director of the film, “The Wagner Group: Putin’s Mercenaries”
David Kaiser
Healthcare Specialist and Volunteer, Alliance for Innovation (AFI)
with moderator
Patrick Ryan
President Emeritus, Tennessee World Affairs Council

Wednesday, September 27, 2023
12:00-1:00 CT (GMT-5)
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Ewa Galica & David Kaiser

TNWAC presents Ewa Galica, award-winning documentary director of “The Wagner Group. Putin’s Mercenaries” and David Kaiser, medical services volunteer supporting Ukraine’s wounded military and civilians.

About Ewa Galicia

Ewa Galica is a graduate of the University of Warsaw. She began her journalism career in 2007 at the American television station NBC News in London. She has been associated with TVN and TVN24 for 13 years. She is the author of documentaries distinguished with awards at the World Media Festival in Hamburg: Uwolnić kapitana (Free the Captain) about the case of Captain Andrzej Lasota, who was held in a Mexican prison for almost two years, and Sąd biskupi i sekret papieski (The Bishop’s Court and the Pope’s Secret) in which Mariusz Milewski, molested as a child by a priest, reveals the secrets behind how the Church justice system operates.
About “The Wagner Group: Putin’s Mercenaries”
Trailer | Warning: Contains violent scenes
Director’s Statement
The film reveals the true face of the head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who himself admits that his mercenaries “will win over Ukraine, and later over NATO and the whole world”, leaving no doubt how dangerous this organization is not only for Ukraine but also for all of us.
All the interlocutors of the director, Ewa Galica, pursue their goal with great determination: to reveal the details of the functioning of the Wagner Group, which, in their opinion, threatens Western democracies. In the beginning, the Wagner Group was a closely guarded secret, Putin’s secret project, today it is an officially registered company and is becoming more and more dangerous by the day. Former mercenaries appearing in the film: Alexander and Marat, and the Russian dissident Vladimir, risk their lives to tell about the crimes of the Wagnerians and the details of recruiting new mercenaries. They hope that by releasing this information, the Wagner Group will be recognized as a terrorist organization worldwide. The film was made thanks to their courage.
Synopsis
The illegal in Russia private military company “Wagner Group” rose in popularity during the war in Ukraine. In The Wagner Group. Putin’s Mercenaries documentary Ewa Galica talks to former Wagner Group mercenaries who fled to the West, disagreeing with the group’s methods of operation. The film also features a Russian dissident who risks his life by revealing information concerning executions within the group, crimes committed by its members, and their contracts. The work contains previously unpublished footage of the Wagner Group members, shot during the fighting on the Ukrainian front.
“The Wagner Group. Putin’s Mercenaries” sheds light on the activities of the Wagner Group, a private mercenary army created by Yevgeny Prigozhin, nicknamed “Putin’s cook.” Initially, the group guarded the interests of the Kremlin wherever Russia could not send a regular army. It operated in Africa and the Middle East, where it was famous for its brutality and ruthlessness. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the first defeats of Putin’s army, they were engaged in operations at the front. The film features the Wagnerians, former mercenaries of the Wagner Group, who fled to the West, refusing to agree to its methods of operation. The document also features a Russian dissident who risks his life by revealing information about internal executions, new mercenaries and their contracts. The film is illustrated with previously unpublished recordings of Wagnerians made during the fighting on the Ukrainian front and the recruitment process of Wagnerians in Russian prisons documented with hidden cameras.
About David Kaiser
David Kaiser is a medical specialist and volunteer who helps facilitate treatment for Ukrainian military and civilian casualties in Poland and in Ukraine, especially amputees, through an array of organizations supporting the humanitarian needs of victims of the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Kaiser is a former Captain Infantry, United States Army, 1968-1971, served as Combat military advisor to the Vietnamese, psychological operations, and instructor in tactics and jungle warfare. Team leader- Mobile Advisory Team I-19, 1969-1970, Que Son, Viet Nam. He brings comprehensive “know how” in the development and operations of new medical initiatives. Mr. Kaiser has developed and operated integrated health care delivery systems including for Health Maintenance Organisations (HMO), Consolidated Medical Group Practices, Hospitals, and Medical Marketing in the USA, Central and Eastern Europe. Medical delivery, physician governance and reimbursement mechanisms continue to evolve into comprehensive and complicated systems. Mr. Kaiser has been influential in implementing many comprehensive delivery initiatives into the infrastructure where health delivery is a major concern.
Background
With the beginning of the war in Ukraine, including the armed military response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, global leaders have partnered to support a significant increase in wartime injuries and casualties. Individuals with polytrauma and major limb amputation constitute one of the most severe injuries.
Reports from the Ministry of Health, Ukraine confirms that 500+ soldiers, civilians, and children with limb amputations need prosthetic, orthotic, and mental health care. An immediate need has been identified for the development of programs to support these individuals with complex polytrauma. This includes individuals with two or more “trauma” diagnoses, including but not limited to major limb amputation, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and emotional, physiological, and psychological trauma.
While many military casualties and trauma instances are known, we know many civilian adults and children who have also experienced severe trauma, including loss of a limb, other life-altering injuries, and psychological trauma.
Opportunity
Encouraged the Ministry of Health, Ukraine (which is responsible for wartime rehabilitation), The Ukrainian National Guard, Baylor College of Medicine, the Polish government healthcare system, and ‘Alliance for Innovation (AFI), a US/Polish entity focused on healthcare delivery and trauma treatment, have established a rehabilitation center of excellence in Poland to manage short and long-term patient care.
Baylor’s team includes experts from Center for Prosthetic & Orthotic Care and Clinical Innovation, the H. Ben Taub Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and the Center for Global Health. AFI’s team includes medical professionals, retired military experts, logistic experts, and Not for Profit (NPO) staff.
This opportunity has resulted in an advanced team to establish the prosthetic and rehabilitation components various settings in Poland that will be set to treat individuals with amputation, polytrauma, PTSD, and other rehab needs.
• Long-term care will be coordinated with local prosthetists and orthotists from Poland and Ukraine, with Baylor’s clinicians working closely with the local teams, including Ottobock Poland (global prosthetic company), to address the acute and long-term challenges.
• Establishing a state-of-the-art clinic and laboratory will be designed to provide the best available care to the victims of the war in Ukraine and the surrounding regions.
• The operational team includes academic faculty and clinicians, military operation specialist, wartime physicians, and local/global leaders with support from the Ukrainian and Polish Ministries of Health, the Ukrainian National Guard, and multiple governmental, humanitarian, NPOs, academic, and private organizations.
• This center will originate in Poland’s CSK MSWiA (Sziptala Kliniczznego Ministry of Interior Hospital) located in Warsaw. It will provide prosthetic, orthotic, psychological, physical medicine, orthopedics, musculoskeletal, and polytrauma rehab in line with these specialties and targeted therapies for rehabilitation and restoration.
• Other hospitals and rehabilitation facilities in addition to the one in Warsaw have offered their services.
Other Involvement and Support:
August Mission provided logistical support, and Operation Walk Chicago offered to provide wheelchairs for the patients. Also, the Virginia Commonwealth University and Denver, Colorado’s Craig Hospital for Traumatic Brain Injury/Neurological Disorder, and others may send volunteers, while the University of Massachusetts’ Spalding Rehabilitation Center may provide a telemedicine solution to the project.
The first patients arrived in Warsaw in mid-November 2022 and were immediately housed in a hotel annex on the hospital campus.
The first two soldiers lost their left arms during combat operations in March and April, 2022 in Mariupol. After amputation, one was also a prisoner of war for 1 an ½ months until the first prisoner swap.
They were identified by the National Guard of Ukraine, necessary papers processed including the signature of Informed consent previously developed by our legal team in English, Polish, and Ukrainian; this to agree to transportation cross-border, sharing of medical records, and treatment protocols.
Once settled in the hotel, Ottobock was with them the following day to meet and explain the prosthesis process, demonstrate expectations, take measurements, and arrange for follow up meeting for fittings and training.
The following day, Alliance of Innovation met to provide psychological evaluation and assessment for future needs.
A patient advocate to interface for communication, other needs such as washing clothes, access to television in Ukrainian and hair cut would interface for other amenities.
These soldiers were properly fitted, trained, informed of procedures for follow-up, and the onsite team returned them to their homes and families just before Christmas.

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Tennessee World Affairs Council Profile | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
Member, Center for Nonprofit Management
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Business Update | In Person | South Africa Trade with U.S. and Tennessee
2023-09-28 13:00 - 14:30
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Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce International Business Council’s

BUSINESS UPDATE
In Person
U.S. & Tennessee Business Connections with South Africa
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Mr Mzwanele Langa, Charge d/Affaires, with the South African Consulate General New York
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Brie Knox, US Commercial Service
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Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC
Nashville, Tennessee

Thursday, September 28, 2023
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Join the IBC for a business update featuring Mr Mzwanele Langa, Charge d/Affaires, with the South African Consulate General New York and Brie Knox, US Commercial Service, who will touch on business opportunities and connections between the mid-state and South Africa. This event is in partnership with the TN World Affairs Council and the US Department of Commerce.

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