Events
DACOR President's Round Table
The President's Round Table is designed to host speakers who provide stimulating insights and spark discussion on topics of deep interest to a limited number of DACOR members and their guests. Members will be able to engage closely with these speakers in the more intimate setting, allowing attendees to gain from the authoritative perspective of these erudite speakers.
President's Round Tables start with a reception (cash bar) at noon, followed by lunch ($20/person) at 12:30 pm. The speaker's presentation and discussion with members will follow the conclusion of the meal. Guests accompanied by members are welcome.
Upcoming Round Tables
Dr. PATRICIA LOGAN
Associate Professor, Information Systems College of Information
Technology and Engineering, Marshall University
“Cyber Security ”
Friday, September 17, 2010 at noon
Please join us as Dr. Patricia Logan, Associate Professor at
Marshall University, discusses cyber security and the threat to the
United States.
Dr. Patricia Logan, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the College
of Information, Technology and Engineering at Marshall University in
West Virginia. Dr. Logan teaches graduate courses in computer
security, networks, information security, and disaster recovery
planning. She has published in the area of information security
education, computer forensics, network security, and security in
healthcare information systems. Dr. Logan has served as a member
of the advisory board and conference presenter for the Computer Security
Institute (CSI). Her current research interests include insider attacks,
computer game behaviors, and security vulnerabilities within healthcare
settings. Dr. Logan has also worked in nearly all areas of
information technology from software development to network management.
Her business background includes senior management positions in the
banking and insurance industries.
AMBASSADOR CHARLES FORD
Chair, Board of Visitors to the Defense Department's Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
“Understanding the Political Crisis in Honduras: An Opportunity
to Re-Set our Engagement with Central America"
Monday, September 20, 2010 at noon
Ambassador Charles Ford is the President of CAF, International, LLC, an international
trade and business development consulting firm. He is the Chair of the Board of Visitors to the Defense Department's
Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), mentors the National Security Executive Leadership Seminar
(NSELS-8) at the State Department's Foreign Service Institute, and is on the advisory Board of the RCC/Spain at Harvard
Executive Program on Trans-Atlantic Relations.
Ambassador Ford previously served as Advisor to the Commander of U.S. Southern Command from 2008-2009 and
Ambassador in Honduras from 2005-2008. At the Commerce Department, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US & Foreign Commercial
Service, and as Director of Latin American Trade Policy in the International Trade Administration from 1990-1994. From 2003-2005,
he was Vice President of the American Foreign Service Association.
As a member of the United States Foreign Commercial Service since 1982, Ambassador Ford has worked and lived in Latin America and Europe and is fluent in Spanish. He served as Commercial Minister at the U.S. Mission to the European Union in Brussels; Commercial Counselor, U.S. Embassy in Caracas; Commercial Minister, U.S. Embassy in London; Regional Director for Europe, United States and Foreign Commercial Service, Department of Commerce; Commercial Attaché, U.S. Embassy in Guatemala; Commercial Consul, U.S. Consulate in Barcelona; and Commercial Attaché, U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires. Before joining the Foreign Service, Ambassador Ford worked at the Inter-American Development bank and the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association.
Ambassador Ford's honors and awards
include the Department of Commerce Silver, Gold and Bronze Medals. In
May 2008, he was awarded the President's Distinguished Service Award.
Ms. SUSAN GINSBURG
Fellow, Migration Policy Institute
“Securing Human Mobility in the Age of Risk”
Tuesday, September 28, 2010, at noon
Ms. Susan Ginsburg is a Nonresident Fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, where she headed the Mobility and Security Program. She is a member of the Department of Homeland Security's Quadrennial Review Advisory Committee and served on the Secure Borders and Open Doors Advisory Committee. Prior to joining MPI, she served as Senior Counsel and Team Leader on the staff of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission), where she was responsible for research and policy recommendations concerning the entry of the 9/11 hijackers, terrorist travel, and border controls. She followed her work on the 9/11 Commission with consulting and policy writing focused on terrorist mobility.
Ms. Ginsburg previously worked as a consultant
to nonprofit and academic institutions, providing strategic and
operational planning relating to firearms policy. Before that, she
worked at the Treasury Department, first as Chief of Staff to the Under
Secretary for Enforcement and then as Senior Advisor and Firearms Policy
Coordinator for the Under Secretary for Enforcement. She is a member of
the DC Bar Association, and as an attorney she specialized in civil
litigation. She served as a law clerk in the United States Court of
Appeals for Judge A. Leon Higginbotham of the Third Circuit. She also
worked as a Special Assistant in the Bureau of International Narcotics
Matters at the State Department. In addition, she worked as the
Washington Producer for Globo TV Network, Brazil's largest television
network. She has also been the Director for Safety and Health at
the Professional Drivers Council and a Legislative Assistant to the
Honorable James H. Scheuer of New York.
Among her publications: Room for Progress:
Reinventing Euro-Atlantic Borders for a New Strategic Environment,
MPI Transatlantic Task Force on Immigration and Integration, October
2007; Countering Terrorist Mobility: Shaping an Operational Strategy,
MPI Report, 2006; and "The Magus of the North," Isaiah Berlin, Wilson
Quarterly, Spring 1995.
Mr. WAYNE MERRY
Senior Associate, American Foreign Policy Council
“Russia: Today and Tomorrow"
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at noon
Mr. E. Wayne Merry is a Senior Associate at the
American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, DC. He is widely
published and a frequent speaker on topics relating to Russia, Central
Asia and the Caucasus, the Balkans, European security and trans-Atlantic
relations. In twenty-six years in the United States Foreign Service, Mr.
Merry was a diplomat and political analyst in Moscow, East Berlin,
Athens, New York and Tunis, and served in the State, Defense and
Treasury Departments as well as on Capitol Hill and with the U.S. Marine
Corps.
He studied at the University of Wisconsin
(Madison), Princeton University’s Wilson School of Public and
International Affairs, and the U.S. Army Russian Institute.
Ms. Wendy Cutler
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Japan, Korea and APEC Affairs
“Russia: Today and Tomorrow"
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at noon
Ms. Wendy Cutler became the Assistant U.S.
Trade Representative for Japan, Korea and APEC Affairs at the Office of
the U.S. Trade Representative in June 2004. In this capacity, she is
responsible for developing and implementing U.S. trade policy towards
Japan and Korea. In addition, she is responsible for developing and
implementing the U.S. trade and investment agenda in the Asia Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
Since joining USTR in 1988, Ms. Cutler has held
a number of positions, including Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for
North Asian Affairs, as well as for Services, Investment and
Intellectual Property. She was the Chief U.S. Negotiator for the U.S.-
Korean (KORUS) Free Trade Agreement, signed on June 30, 2007. In
addition, She has negotiated bilateral agreements on a wide range of
sector issues, including telecommunications, insurance, and
semiconductors. She also has extensive multilateral negotiating
experience as the U.S. negotiator for the 1997 WTO Financial Services
Agreement and the Uruguay Round Agreements on Rules of Origin and Import
Licensing. Prior to joining USTR, Ms. Cutler worked at the Commerce
Department from 1983-1988.
Reservations are necessary for Round Table luncheons to assist the kitchen staff in preparing the lunch. The reservations voicemail box number is 202-682-0500, ext. 15
