2022 World Affairs Council of the Year
Network of Independent World Affairs Councils of America
A conversation on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in Nashville and around the world and the TNWAC pivot to digital global awareness programs
With
Former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean
Amb Charles Bowers, USFS(Ret)
Jim Shepherd, Chairman, TNWAC Board
John Scannapieco, Chair Baker Donelson Global Business Team
LCDR Patrick Ryan, USN(Ret)
Today, we’re going to tell you about the World Affairs Council, about the programs we’re building to keep you connected to global issues, and we’ll have a discussion of the events that are shaping developments in Nashville and the elements that will make up the “new normal.”
With me today are several members of the World Affairs Council board in addition to President Pat Ryan, a former Navy intelligence officer. Here today are Jim Shepherd, Chairman of the Council board and former president of a company with international reach; Ambassador Dick Bowers, a career diplomat and former US Ambassador to Bolivia; and John Scannapieco, an attorney at Baker Donelson and chair of the firm’s global business team. John is an expert on international commercial relationships, especially with the Far East.