News Briefs

CAA Member Ambassador Mark Brzezinski, Managing Director of Makena Capital, and Dave Burke, Makena Capital's CEO and Co-Founder, recently co-led an experiential learning experience for 12 UVA undergraduate students.

Congratulations to CAA Alumni Fellow Daniel S. Severson who has been named an Associate with the Law Firm of Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C.

Council member Ambassador Evan Dobelle is Visiting Leadership Scholar at the Moller Institute at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, UK. His appointment is for one year. Ambassador Dobelle is a former U.S. Chief of Protocol.

Congratulations to CAA Annenberg Alumni Fellow Luke Zaro and his UVA Law School partner Katherine Whisenhunt for winning the grueling competition!

Are you a rising senior undergraduate who has been accepted as a Washington, DC-based State Department primary summer 2018 intern and who is committed to a career in international affairs/diplomacy? If so, you should have received an email inviting you to apply for the Council's Summer 2018 Fellowship program.

Congratulations to CAA member and former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright who will receive the 2018 J. Raymond "Jit" Trainor Award for Excellence in the Conduct of Diplomacy on February 12, 2018.

CAA member Ambassador Bonnie McElveen-Hunter has been named a 2018 Woman of Distinction by Palm Beach Atlantic University.

Read the latest issue of The Ambassadors REVIEW. Among the countries covered in the Fall 2017 edition are: Colombia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Romania, Russia and Ukraine. Also included are pieces on public diplomacy by three CAA Davis PD Fellows.

The State Department's Summer 2018 internship application process is now open. Students interested in applying for the Council of American Ambassadors' 2018 International Affairs Fellowships must first be accepted as Washington, DC-based State Department summer 2018 interns.

Ambassador Chin discusses his experience in Timor Leste in two fascinating interviews.