Recognizing Talent and Cultivating a Pipeline: Strategies for Ensuring an Inclusive U.S. State Department

Event Overview

Tuesday, July 21 2:00pm-3:00pm EDT

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Featuring:

Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering Career Ambassador, served as U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation, India, the United Nations, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria, and Jordan

Ms. Uzra Zeya President and CEO, Alliance for Peacebuilding and Former Chargé d’Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission at U.S. Embassy Paris

Ms. Naima Green-Riley PhD Candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University and Former Foreign Service Officer and Pickering Fellow

Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins Founder and Executive Director, Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation (WCAPS)

Ambassador Melanne Verveer Executive Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security

Current and former leading diplomats joined in a conversation on how to ensure a diverse diplomatic corps in the U.S. State Department. They discussed growing shortcomings in the U.S. State Department in achieving equity and inclusion throughout its ranks, shared strategies for improving recruitment, retainment and advancement of diverse personnel, and provided recommendations for realizing a State Department that better represents the United States.

Co-hosted by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation (WCAPS), and The Pickering & Rangel Fellows Association