1979 - 2000
Foreign Service Officer, US Department of State
U.S. Information Agency 1979 - 1999

• September 2000 - Director, Office of Policy, Public and Congressional Affairs, Bureau of International Organization AffairsCentral office for public outreach programs - to both domestic and international audiences - on the U.S. role at the UN and other international organizations
• September 1999 - June 2000 - Participant, The Senior Seminar
  Year-long leadership development program, focused on U.S. domestic political and social issues
• 1996 - 1999 Counselor for Public Affairs, U.S. Embassy Rabat, Morocco
  • Directed USIS information and cultural exchange programs in support of U.S. Embassy goals and objectives in the Kingdom of Morocco
• 1992 - 1992 Counselor for Public Affairs, U.S. Embassy Tunis, Tunisia
  • Directed USIS information and cultural exchange programs in support of U.S. Embassy goals and objectives in the Republic of Tunisia
• 1991 - 1992 First Secretary, Deputy Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy Moscow, Russian Federation
  • Served as deputy to the Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs, with primary responsibility for coordinating the establishment of new USIS posts within Russia and the newly independent states.
• 1989 - 1991 First Secretary for Information (press attaché), U.S. Embassy Moscow, USSR (later Russian Federation)
  • Served as U.S. Embassy spokesman and coordinator for all in-country USIA/USIS information initiatives, including the traveling exhibits "Information USA" and "Design USA"
• 1987-1988 Country Affairs Officer, Office of North African, Near East and South Asian Affairs (NEA), USIA headquarters, Washington, DC
  • Served as USIA’s headquarters-level point of contact, or "desk officer" for six Middle East programs (Israel, West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Iraq)
• 1984 - 1987 First Secretary, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy, Baghdad, Republic of Iraq
  • Established and expanded USIS information and cultural exchange programs in support of U.S. goals and objectives in Iraq. Participated in reopening of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Iraq, 1984
• 1981 - 1983 Second Secretary, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy, Doha, State of Qatar
  • Directed USIS information and cultural exchange programs in support of U.S. Embassy goals and objectives in the Arabian Gulf emirate of Qatar
• 1980- 1981 Third Secretary, Public Affairs Trainee, U.S. Embassy, Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco
  • Junior officer rotational training in Morocco. Series of assignments in various reporting and program sections, plus extended assignments out of Rabat in support of the U.S. Consulate and VOA transmitter site in Tangier and as acting director of the "Dar America" cultural center in Casablanca
• 1979 - 1980 Initial USIA junior officer professional and language training in Washington, DC
  

Procter and Gamble 1978 - 1979

• 1978 - 1979 Brand Management, Bounty Paper Towels, Paper Products Advertising Division, Procter and Gamble Corporate Headquarters, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Junior member of three-person team responsible for coordinating all aspects (e.g. packaging, sales merchandizing, advertising, market research, etc.) of marketing a national consumer product brand. Participated in the 1979 "West Coast roll-out" of Bounty sales to the Western third of the U.S.
    

U.S. Navy 1971 - 1978

• 1975 - 1978 Public Affairs Officer, Office of the Chief of Information, Navy Department, Washington, DC
  • Served as a designated public affairs specialist in Navy headquarters with successive assignments in the community relations division, U.S. Bicentennial coordinator’s office, and the public information division ("news desk"). Also served in a collateral assignment as a uniformed military protocol aide at the White House.
• 1974- 1975 Deck Officer, USS COMPASS ISLAND (AG-153), homeported Charleston, South Carolina
• 1973 - 1974 Staff Officer, Headquarters U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk, Virginia
  • Served as junior officer trainee in the public affairs division, media relations office, including an extended temporary assignment with the Navy public affairs team supporting joint mine clearing operations in the Suez Canal, immediately following the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.
• 1971 - 1973 Deck Officer, USS FURSE (DD-881) and USS DIAMOND HEAD(AE-19). Homeported Norfolk, Virginia. Both ships were "decommissioned" during general Navy downsizing during the mid-1970’s.

Education

• Ongoing
  Department of State, Foreign Service Institute Continuing Education (non-degree)Professional and Language Studies
• 1975 University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
  Graduate Short Course in Mass Communications(US Air Force-sponsored program)
• 1971 Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut
  BA, Russian Studies

Personal

Department of State tested professional competency (3/3) in French, Russian and (Modern Standard) Arabic

Married to French-U.S. dual national

Two children