Competing for the Future | Announcing Global Security Forum | Oct 1-2
2021-10-01 - 2021-10-03 | TN
SAVE THE DATE | OCT 1-2, 2021

Announcing Global Security Forum 2021: Competing for the Future
From space to cyber, the currency of power is changing.
GSF2021 will bring you an all-star lineup of leaders who redefined their fields, shattered barriers, and will reveal the technologies, strategies, and domains that will define the next decade of security and global competition.
Featuring top leadership from the U.S. military, key allies, emerging tech innovators and more, including: The first woman to become a four-star admiral in the U.S. Navy; former Commander of U.S. Pacific Command and Ambassador to South Korea; Advisor to the National Security Agency on Emerging Technologies; former U.S. Defense Attaché to China; the first female officer in U.S. history to command a major Unified Combatant Command, and more.
GSF has brought the world’s top leadership directly to you – from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to General Daniel Hokanson, Chief of the National Guard. This October, generals, experts, and foreign leaders will convene to address the most critical global security issues of today and the opportunities of tomorrow.
Innovation isn’t optional. It’s imperative.

International Career Panel: Across the Spectrum of Professions | Oct 6
2021-10-06 22:30 - 2021-10-07 00:00 (America/Chicago)
The Tennessee World Affairs Council

in association with
Belmont University Center for International Business, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement, Lipscomb University and the Tennessee Technological University Department of Foreign Languages
International Careers Panel – Fall 2021
Global Affairs Professions Across the Spectrum

October 6, 2021 – 5:30-7:00 pm CT

Moderator

Professor Susan Haynes
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Lipscomb University
DIPLOMACY

Allen DuBose
Diplomat in Residence, U.S. Southeast
NATIONAL SECURITY/INTELLIGENCE

Deborah Monroe
U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (Retired) and Former Senior Defense Liaison to the United Kingdom
NGO SECTOR

Professor Wayne Barnard, Belmont University and Former International Justice Mission, Director of Student Mobilization
U.S. PEACE CORPS

Meghan O’Donoghue, Former PCV Burkina Faso, UVA PhD Candidate

U.S. GOVERNMENT | US AID
***

Billy Woodward, U.S. Agency for International Development Official

<a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/hsP2SAkNthXdNPtG53M-Ag”>International Career Panel: Across the Spectrum of Professions | Oct 6</a><br />

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. We routinely add a second panel each season to do a deep dive into a specific occupational field.
TNWAC’s career panel on the theme “Women in International Business” is set for October 27, 2021 at 5:30pm-7:00pm CT.
ABOUT OUR PANEL
Moderator: Professor Susan Haynes
Member, TNWAC President’s Advisory Board
Susan Turner Haynes joined Lipscomb University as an assistant professor in 2015. Prior to her doctorate, Haynes was selected as a Public Policy and Nuclear Threat (PPNT) fellow at the University of California, San Diego. Haynes research specializes in Chinese nuclear strategy (Chinese Nuclear Proliferation: How Global Politics is Transforming China’s Weapons Modernization, 2016).
In addition, Haynes has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, including Asian Perspectives, Asian Security, PS: Political Science and Politics, Strategic Studies Quarterly, The Nonproliferation Review, and Comparative Strategy. She has also authored chapters in the Ashgate Research Companion on Chinese Foreign Policy, and has a chapter in the forthcoming Routledge volume on Nuclear Modernization. Haynes has been invited to present her research at the Department of Defense Strategic Multilayer Assessment Group and at the Air War College. Haynes is a member of the International Studies Association and American Political Science Association and serves as a board member for the Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC). She serves as sponsor of the Lipscomb Model UN club and co-sponsor of the political science honor society, Pi Sigma Alpha.
Allen DuBose
Diplomat in Residence, U.S. Southeast
Allen DuBose is a career U.S. Foreign Service officer who began his career with the U.S. Department of State in 2005. Prior to joining the U.S. Foreign Service, DuBose worked in both finance and business operations at private sector companies including IBM, Digital Equipment Corporation, and Iridium LLC.
DuBose is a Management career track officer and has previously served as a Vice Consul and Management Officer in Hermosillo, Mexico, General Services Officer in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and Management Officer in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He also served domestically in Management and Human Resources assignments in support of U.S. Missions in Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East.
Diplomat in Residence DuBose graduated with a B.A. in economics from the College of William and Mary, and received his M.B.A. in finance from Atlanta University. He speaks Spanish and is married with three children.
Deborah Monroe
U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (Retired) and Former Senior Defense Liaison to the United Kingdom
Ms. Monroe served as an intelligence officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency from 1994 to 2021. Most recently, she was the Senior US Defense Liaison Officer at the Pathfinder Intelligence Collaboration Center, Directorate for Intelligence (DI), UK Ministry of Defence. 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 reports to WikiLeaks. Ms. Monroe served in a number of 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; DoD Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Role Model Award; DoD Analysis and Production Award; and Two DNI Meritorious Unit Citations. Ms. Monroe received an MA in National Security and Strategic Studies from the 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 retired from the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2021 and currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
Professor Wayne Barnard, Belmont University and Former International Justice Mission, Director of Student Mobilization
Meghan O’Donohue, Former PCV Burkina Faso, UVA PhD Candidate
Meghan O’Donoghue grew up in East Tennessee and got her undergraduate degrees from Tennessee Tech University. Following graduation, she spent two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Burkina Faso, working primarily in community health. Upon completing her Peace Corps service, she moonlighted as a national park ranger at Great Falls Park in Virginia before teaching English to middle schoolers for an academic year in Limoges, France. She is particularly interested in the cultural implications of language exchange in Francophone countries, as well as Francophone political identity.
Dr. Wayne Barnard
Dr. Wayne Barnard serves on the faculty of the Department of Psychological Science and Neuroscience at Belmont University in Nashville, TN, teaching courses in clinical, abnormal, and developmental psychology, and advising students in their educational and professional goals. He leads students on Study Abroad trips to Northern Ireland, England, Italy, France, and Spain. He previously served in leadership roles with International Justice Mission, the largest anti-slavery organization in the world, including directing the Intern and Fellows Program, selecting, training, and deploying recent graduates and mid-career professional to serve in field offices worldwide. Dr. Barnard has a varied career, working in ministry, prison chaplaincy, counseling, higher education administration and teaching, and international non-profits. He and his wife, Dr. Mimi Barnard, Associate Provost at Belmont University, have two adult children, Katie, an international museum designer in NYC, who lives in Brooklyn, and Colin, a former U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer, and now a U.S. Navy Foreign Area Officer serving in Flensburg, Germany at the German Naval Academy.
Billy Woodward
Billy Woodward joined the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in 2008. His first 10 years with USAID included assignments to Serbia, Hungary, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Ethiopia. For the past three years, Billy has served in Washington, DC in USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance with his two teenage sons using this time to reacclimate to a US lifestyle after almost a decade spent living abroad. Billy and his wife are Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, serving in Romania from 2000-2002. Originally from Clarksville, TN, Billy earned his BA from the University of South Alabama and a MPA from the University of Oregon
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

SPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM!
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
YOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE
SPONSOR THIS PROGRAM

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.

Symposium | Migration: Global to Local Challenges | Oct 13
2021-10-13 16:30 - 18:00
The Tennessee World Affairs Council

in association with
Belmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce present a symposium

Migration: Global to Local Challenges

October 13, 2021 – 11:30am-1:00 pm CT

Moderator

David Plazas
Opinion and Engagement Director for the USA TODAY Tennessee Network and The Tennessean
Global Migration Trends

Dr. Marie McAuliffe, Head, Migration Policy Research Division, UN International Organization for Migration, Geneva
Climate and Migration

Pablo Escribano, Regional Thematic Specialist in Migration, Environment and Climate Change in the Regional Office for Central America, North America and the Caribbean of the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
*
Migration and America

Molly Hilligoss, Network Director, Welcoming America
*
Migration and the State of Tennessee
TBD

David Plazas
David Plazas is the Opinion and Engagement Director for the USA TODAY Network newsrooms in Tennessee and The Tennessean where he serves an editorial writer, opinion columnist, op-ed editor and an editorial board member. He has written award-winning columns on affordable housing, government accountability and civic engagement. He leads the acclaimed Civility Tennessee campaign.
Dr. Marie McAuliffe
Marie McAuliffe is the head of the Migration Policy Research Division in the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the co-chief editor of the next World Migration Report (with Martin Ruhs).
Marie is an international migration specialist with almost 20 years of experience in migration as a practitioner, program manager, senior official and researcher. Marie has published/edited in academic and policy spheres on migrant smuggling, asylum seekers, refugees, irregular migration and enhancing protection in Southeast Asia.
She is an elected member of the Scientific Committee of the Swiss Network for International Studies in Geneva. She is a Senior Fellow at the Global Migration Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, and a visiting scholar at the Population Institute at Hacettepe University in Ankara. Marie is also a member of the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s Migration Research Advisory Group.
Marie has led research, analysis and policy teams in government and has consulted to IOM, ILO as well as in the private sector, including in South Korea, Russia, Central Asia and Turkey. For three years (2012–2014) Marie directed the Australian irregular migration research program.
In late 2014 she was awarded a Sir Roland Wilson scholarship to complete her doctoral research at the Australian National University’s School of Demography on the irregular maritime migration of Hazara asylum seekers to Australia.
Pablo Escribano
Pablo Escribano is the Regional Thematic Specialist in Migration, Environment and Climate Change in the Regional Office for Central America, North America and the Caribbean of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). He has held various positions within IOM both at Geneva Headquarters and at the Regional Offices based in Brussels and Dakar. He has a Master’s Degree in Political Science and a Master’s Degree in History from the Institute of Political Studies in Paris.
About the International Organization for Migration
IOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, including refugees and internally displaced people. More
Mollie Hilligoss
Molly is the Network Director at Welcoming America. Previously, she was the Midwest Regional Manager providing technical assistance to community partners and members of the Welcoming Network based in the Midwestern U.S.
Before joining the organization, Molly served as the Social Justice and Advocacy Director for YWCA La Crosse, where she focused on mission impact strategy and public policy initiatives. She also worked as the director of Volunteer Services for La Puente Home in Alamosa, CO, where she supervised a large residential AmeriCorps Program and oversaw a wide range community engagement projects.
Molly has experience in capacity building, equity work, and is strongly committed to building community through constructive dialogue and meaningful action. Molly attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH, where she studied social and global studies. She lives with her wife and two sons in La Crosse, WI.

SPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM!
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
YOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE
SPONSOR THIS PROGRAM

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.

China Town Hall | Local Connections, National Reflections | Oct 19
2021-10-19 22:00 - 2021-10-20 00:30
The Tennessee World Affairs Council

in association with
Belmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce present

October 19, 2021 – 5:00-7:30 pm CT

From Washington, DC
Fareed Zakaria
CNN Worldwide Host and Author
From Nashville, Tennessee
Moderator
Patrick W. Ryan
LCDR, USN (Ret); Founding President, TNWAC
Professor Thomas Schwartz
Distinguished Professor of History, Vanderbilt University
John Scannapieco
Attorney, Womble Bond Dickson (US) LLP; Global Business Specialist
Jeremy Goldkorn
Editor in Chief, SupChina.com; Co-host, Sinica Podcast
China Town Hall | Local Connections, National Reflections | Oct 19

CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria will be the featured speaker for CHINA Town Hall 2021, a national conversation on how the U.S.-China relationship affects our cities, towns, and communities. From supply chains to national security, new technologies to climate change, the future of both countries will be determined by their relations with one another and the global community.
Join the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations on Tuesday, October 19 for a virtual event and Q&A with one of America’s leading foreign policy commentators, as he examines the challenges and opportunities for both countries as they confront the most critical issues of the 21st century.
The National Committee is proud to partner with a wide range of institutions and community groups, including colleges and universities, world affairs councils, and trade and business associations to bring this important national conversation to local communities around America for the 15th consecutive year.
The “local connections” portion of the China Town Hall includes a panel of distinguished Nashvillians who are experts in U.S. foreign policy and U.S. China relations. Starting at 5:30pm CT they will provide background, context, and analysis, and will take you questions during the half-hour program prior to the Zakaria virtual presentation. They will return to continue the conversation at 7:00pm CT.
Fareed Zakaria
Fareed Zakaria hosts Fareed Zakaria GPS for CNN Worldwide and is a columnist for The Washington Post, a contributing editor for The Atlantic, and a bestselling author.
Fareed Zakaria GPS is a weekly international and domestic affairs program that airs on CNN/U.S. and around the world on CNN International. Since its debut in 2008, it has become a prominent television forum for global newsmakers and thought leaders.
Interviews on Fareed Zakaria GPS have included U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Other past guests include military officials such as Gen. David Petraeus and Adm. Michael Mullen; corporate leaders such as Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein and Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi; and other public figures like Bill Maher and Bono. The program earned the prestigious Peabody Award in 2011 and has received multiple Emmy nominations.
Zakaria has regularly hosted primetime specials for CNN Worldwide, such as “Blindsided: How ISIS Shook the World,” “Why Trump Won,” and “Putin: The Most Powerful Man in the World.” He frequently contributes his thoughtful analysis of world events and public affairs to CNN.com; Fareed’s Global Briefing, a daily digital newsletter; and other programming across CNN’s multiple platforms.
More about Zakaria
Thomas Schwartz
Distinguished Professor of History, Vanderbilt University
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. Harvard’s University’s Charles Maier has written: “Thomas Schwartz’s superbly researched political biography reveals the brilliance, self-serving ego, and vulnerability of America’s most remarkable diplomat in the twentieth century, even as it provides a history of U.S. engagement in global politics as it moved beyond bipolarity.” Earlier in his career, Schwartz was the author of America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (Harvard, 1991), which was translated into German, Die Atlantik Brücke (Ullstein, 1992). This book received the Stuart Bernath Book Prize of the Society of American Foreign Relations, and the Harry S. Truman Book Award, given by the Truman Presidential Library. He is also the author of Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam (Harvard, 2003), which examined the Johnson Administration’s policy toward Europe and assessed the impact of the war in Vietnam on its other foreign policy objectives. He is the co-editor with Matthias Schulz of The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter, (Cambridge University Press, 2009).
More about Schwartz
John Scannapieco
Attorney, Womble Bond Dickson (US) LLP; Global Business Specialist; Member of the Board, Tennessee World Affairs Council
John Scannapieco assists both US and foreign businesses engaged in the global economy. For more than three decades, he has provided strategic guidance and counsel to businesses and individuals regarding their existing global operations or to those contemplating global expansion.
John’s practice is focused on cross-border transactions. He assists domestic and foreign clients in connection with the sale or disposition of assets, as well as the negotiation and drafting of distribution, manufacturing, employment and agency agreements throughout the world, including the United States, Central and South America, Europe and Asia. He also advises companies that are contemplating pursuing a strategy in China, as well as companies that are currently doing business in China or with Chinese businesses. In addition, John assists US manufacturing companies with their activities overseas and foreign companies desiring to expand operations to the US. He works with US-based health care companies in a number of foreign jurisdictions, including China, Europe, Central and South America and the Caribbean. John has also worked with several companies in connection with the expansion of their global workforce.
John serves as Honorary Consul from Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Tennessee. He has been involved in TerraLex and Mackrell International, two leading international legal networks. Through his involvement in these organizations, he routinely helps clients locate resources, including legal, financial accounting or other assistance, to complete transactions or to resolve disputes throughout the world.
Jeremy Goldkorn
Editor in Chief, SupChina.com; Co-host, Sinica Podcast
Jeremy Goldkorn is editor-in-chief of SupChina and co-host of the Sinica podcast. He moved to China in 1995 and became managing editor of Beijing’s first independent English-language entertainment magazine. In 2003, he founded the website and research firm, Danwei, which tracked Chinese media, markets, politics, and business. It was acquired in 2013 by the Financial Times. He has lived in a worker’s dormitory, produced a documentary film about African soccer players in Beijing, and rode a bicycle from Peshawar to Kathmandu via Kashgar and Lhasa. He moved to Nashville Tennessee in 2015 and is a board member of the Tennessee China Network and a President’s Advisory Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council.

SPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM!
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
YOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE
SPONSOR THIS PROGRAM

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.

Conversation with Belmont President Jones | "Global Nashville with Karl Dean"
2021-10-27 00:00 - 00:30
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 Belmont University President L. Gregory Jones
October 26 at 7:00pm CT

Karl F. Dean

Belmont President L. Gregory Jones
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 October 26th as he talks with Belmont University’s new President, Dr. L. Gregory Jones, about his ideas on global engagement and the mission of Belmont to produce citizens ready for the world.
About Dr. L. Gregory Jones
Known for his entrepreneurial leadership and fundraising ability, Dr. Greg Jones served as the longtime dean of Duke Divinity School from 1997-2010 and again from 2018 until becoming Belmont’s president on June 1, 2021. Between 2010 and 2018, he served in a variety of roles, including vice president and vice provost for global strategy at Duke University and also as provost and executive vice president of Baylor University. In addition, he has served in advisory and strategic roles with several foundations and educational institutions in the United States as well as in Armenia.
During his time at Duke Divinity, Jones strengthened the School’s financial trajectory, diversified the faculty and staff and led a strategic planning process that garnered great enthusiasm for the school’s future, all while setting new records for gifts to the Annual Fund and to the Divinity School overall. In addition, he currently serves as a senior fellow at Leadership Education, which he founded, and senior fellow at the Fuqua-Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics, both at Duke University. He is passionate about re-shaping cultures within and across organizations and has coined the term “traditioned innovation” to capture how he re-frames complex challenges to seize significant opportunities.
Jones’ tenures as dean were marked by significant growth in Duke Divinity School. More than $102 million was raised under his leadership in The Campaign for Duke (1998-2003), and major new initiatives begun during his tenure include the Center for Reconciliation, the Thriving Rural Communities Program, the Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation, the Clergy Health Initiative, the Reynolds Program in Church Leadership and numerous international partnerships, especially with the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, the United Methodist Church in Cote d’Ivoire, and the Center for Reconciliation’s Great Lakes Initiative which embraces the central-east African region. As Duke’s Global Strategist, he led initiatives in China and India as well as helped to engage work in Singapore.

SPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM!
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
YOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE
SPONSOR THIS PROGRAM

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.

International Career Panel: Women in International Business | Oct 27
2021-10-27 22:30 - 2021-10-28 00:00
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

SPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM!
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
YOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE
SPONSOR THIS PROGRAM

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.
