Come and meet a UW alum and a Wisconsin native to find out how their paths took them from Wisconsin into the State Department Foreign Service and around the world.
Friday, April 20 at 1:30pm
See TITU for room location
Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street
Speakers:
Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Linda Thomas-Greenfield is the Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources. She has been a career member of the Foreign Service for thirty years and most recently served as U.S. Ambassador to Liberia. Prior to joining the Department of State, Ms. Thomas-Greenfield taught Political Science at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA. She is a 1974 graduate from Louisiana State University with a BA in Political Science. She also holds a MA in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin where she completed work towards a PhD. During that period she studied and conducted research in Liberia.
Jennifer Orrico
Department of State since September 2006. She served as a Political Officer in Kigali, Rwanda and as a Vice Consul in Mexico City, Mexico. She will soon be joining the Department’s Bureau of African Affairs as a Desk Officer for Uganda. Ms. Orrico earned a degree in political science from the University of Chicago and is originally from Sparta, WI.
AFRICA FORWARD links current UW-Madison students with professionals in all fields whose careers have been inspired and enriched by their study of Africa.
Sponsored by the African Studies Program and the International Studies Major.
AFRICA FORWARD links current UW-Madison students with professionals in all fields whose careers have been inspired and enriched by their study of Africa.