Another Summit speaker update

Another speaker has been lined up for the Community Summit on Citizen Diplomacy sponsored by the Albuquerque Council for International Visitors to be held Oct. 5, 2011, on the campus of the University of New Mexico. And this one is another biggie:

Sherry L. Mueller

Sherry L. Mueller joined the National Council for International Visitors (NCIV) staff as Executive Director in January 1996 and has served as President of NCIV since 2001. Before coming to NCIV, Sherry worked eighteen years at the Institute of International Education in positions of increasing responsibility, the last as Director, Professional Exchange Programs. She has taught as at the School of International Service, American University from 1981-1989, pioneering the first course on U.S. Public Diplomacy. Sherry has served as an Experiment Leader to the former Soviet Union, an English Language Officer for the U.S. Department of State, a lecturer at the University of Rhode Island, and a consultant to a variety of organizations, including the U.S. Department of State, Tufts University, and the National 4-H Foundation. She earned her Ph.D. at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the evaluation of exchange programs.

Looking forward to this event. And interest of transparency, I am heading the communications for this event.

Speaker update

At least one of the speakers for the Community Summit on Citizen Diplomacy sponsored by the Albuquerque Council for Citizen Diplomacy to be held Oct. 4 & 5, 2011, on the campus of the University of New Mexico has been chosen:

Walter L. Cutler

Ambassador Cutler was a career diplomat in the U.S. Foreign Service. He was twice ambassador to Saudi Arabia, ambassador to Tunisia and Zaire, and was ambassador-designate to Khomeini's Iran before diplomatic relations were broken. He was also deputy assistant secretary of state for Congressional relations and staff assistant to the secretary of state. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He holds an M.A. from the Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy.

He will be a person all Albuquerque residents interested in citizen diplomacy and international relations will want to hear.

Committee meeting

Plans are underway for a Community Summit on Citizen Diplomacy to be held on the University of New Mexico campus Oct. 4 & 5, 2011.

The Albuquerque Council for International Visitors will host the event in cooperation with the University of New Mexico and support of the National Council for International Visitors.

The summit will be open to the public.

More details will come later.