Retirements | October 2019
Civil Service
Baum, Ling-Ling ChengBayer, Paul J.Birdsall, Adriana P.Brown, Catherine W.Casteuble, Philippe C.Chisley, Denise L.Clancy, William E.Costen-Sykes, Rhobyn K.Dacruz, Graca A.Egan, Julie M.Engelstad, Paul F.Francis, Cheryl A.Gallagher, Robert H.Goodwin, RosemarieGraham, Lauretta E.Gross, Michael A.Heintzelman IV,...
Small businesses recognized at 25th annual OSDBU awards ceremony
By Anna Urman
The Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization’s (OSDBU) mission is to help small U.S. businesses obtain contracts with the Department of State in compliance with statutory requirements. An important part of that...
Interns promote opportunity at ConGen Karachi
By Brian Kressin
The U.S. Consulate in Karachi’s internship program, which just finished its second year, was a first for Mission Pakistan. Once the consulate received approval in the spring of 2018, they reached out...
Preparing for Action
By Dana Sanders and Matt Warin
As a detachment of Pararescuemen (PJs) aboard two HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters circle the skies above Zagreb, embassy personnel prepare roughly 40 injured evacuees for vertical airlift to Pleso...
Icelandic leaders discuss disability rights in D.C.
Special Advisor Ann Cody from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor welcomed leaders of the Icelandic disability forum, Öryrkjabandalag Íslands, ÖBÍ, Aug. 26. These leaders visited Washington and New York to learn...
The Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund
by John N. Conlon
The Department of State has many responsibilities: maintaining relationships with overseas partners; standing up for human rights; promoting American business; and aiding American citizens overseas. Perhaps the most important of these...
Embassy Bangladesh distributes school uniforms
As part of Chevron Bangladesh’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) partnership with the Dhaka Ladies Club, Ambassador Earl R. Miller together with Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Chevron Bangladesh President Neil Menzies distributed...
DSS competes in charity event
A Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) team, sponsored by the Diplomatic Security Special Agents Association, competed in the Plane Pull at the 2019 Dulles Day Festival to raise money for Special Olympics Virginia, Sept. 14....
Creating Opportunity
By Kerry E. Molinelli
From Right: AF Director of Training Joyce Marshall and the Africa program adjunct faculty collaborate about course content, June 2019. Photo by Didem Lenz
To meet the growing demand for training opportunities...
Baseball legend spreads goodwill
The Department of State’s U.S. Diplomacy Center, along with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Sports Diplomacy office and Exchange Programs office, proudly hosted legendary Baltimore Orioles Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr....
