2022 World Affairs Council of the Year
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Speaker Update
The Tennessee World Affairs Council in Partnership with
The U.S. Global Leadership Council and
The U.S. Agency for International Development
invite you to a
Luncheon
December 8, 2015
Renaissance Nashville Hotel
Featured Speaker
Ricardo Michel
Director, Center for Transformation Partnership
U.S. Agency for International Development
Please join us for a networking luncheon with Ricardo Michel, Director, Center for Transformation Partnership at USAID on the importance of America’s global affairs programs to Tennessee.
RSVP REQUIRED – Email PatRyan@TNWAC.org for registration and questions. (Include your phone number).
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December 8, 2015 – Discussion begins at 12:00 p.m.
Renaissance Nashville Hotel – 611 Commerce Street, Nashville, TN 37203
Ricardo Michel is the director of the Center for Transformational Partnerships in the U.S. Global Development Lab at USAID, responsible for the overall strategic direction to best use local and global public-private partnerships for accelerated sustainable development. Previously, Michel served as acting director for the Office of Innovation and Development Alliances, where he oversaw the agency’s efforts to find innovative solutions, including mobile technology and public- private partnerships, to address development challenges. Michel also served as the senior adviser for economic growth and trade in the Agency’s Bureau for Africa. Before joining USAID in November 2010, Michel served at the Export- Import Bank of the United States as senior project officer in the Project and Structured Finance Division and as international business development officer for Africa. He also worked as an independent consultant for both domestic and international clients, including a newly established private equity fund in Botswana and the African Development Foundation.
RSVP REQUIRED – Email PatRyan@TNWAC.org for registration and questions. (Include your phone number).
In Partnership With
Information on the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition:
The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) is a broad-based influential network of 400 businesses and NGOs; national security and foreign policy experts; and business, faith-based, academic and community leaders in all 50 states who support a smart power approach of elevating diplomacy and development alongside defense in order to build a better, safer world.
In today’s interconnected world, America must use all of the instruments of national security and foreign policy at its disposal. America’s smart power tools of diplomacy and development are underfunded and undermanned, which is why the USGLC supports a strong and effective International Affairs Budget for:
- Protecting National Security by fighting terrorism, stabilizing weak and fragile states, combating weapons proliferation and promoting global stability;
- Building Economic Prosperity by developing international markets, driving economic development, building micro-enterprises and expanding exports;
- Strengthening Humanitarian Values by saving lives, alleviating global poverty, fighting HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases as well as hunger, expanding educational opportunities and strengthening democratic institutions.
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