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Council of American Ambassadors 30th Anniversary Celebration

Events included an Alumni Fellows Leadership Conference, Board of Directors Meeting, Awards Ceremony and Reception at Meridian International Center, Conference at the Department of State and Gala dinner at the Organization of American States.

Ambassador Glen A. Holden receives the Henry L. Kimelman ~ Milton A. Wolf Award on May 6, 2013 May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: International Affairs Alumni Fellows Carol Yu, Michael Woolslayer and Tara Slough. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassadors Lloyd N. Hand, Stuart W. Holliday and Charles E. Cobb, Jr. Photo credit Tony Powell. May 6, 2013 Alumni Fellows Leadership Conference May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassadors Edward M. Gabriel and Jim Rosapepe. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassadors Penne Korth Peacock and Alan Blinken. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Marcia Price. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassadors Andrew Peacock and William J. vanden Heuvel. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassadors G. Philip Hughes and James J. Blanchard. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Strolling Strings. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: International Affairs Alumni Fellows Ohnmar Khin and Jessica Bruce. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassadors Charles L. Glazer, Charles E. Cobb, Jr., and Timothy A. Chorba. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Benjamin Franklin Award for Outstanding Diplomatic Service. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador Keith L. Brown. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador Bruce S. Gelb Receives the Benjamin Franklin Award. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador Robert D. Stuart, Jr. and Honorees. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: President of Meridian International Center Ambassador Stuart W. Holliday. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Audience Applauds the Georgetown Chimes' Performance. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: The Georgetown Chimes Men's A Cappella Group. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Awardees Ambassadors Joseph B. Gildenhorn, Glen A. Holden and John L. Loeb, Jr. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador William J. vanden Heuvel. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Members of the Kimelman and Wolf Families with the Henry L. Kimelman ~ Milton A. Wolf Award. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Alma Gildenhorn, Ann Korologos, Ambassador Tom C. Korologos and Ambassador Joseph B. Gildenhorn. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador Gilbert A. Robinson and Mandell Ourisman. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Rhonda Wilkins and Ambassador C. Howard Wilkins, Jr. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Steven Wechsler and Ambassador Sue M. Cobb. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador William J. vanden Heuvel Receives the Benjamin Franklin Award. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador Stuart W. Holliday and Melinda Blinken. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassadors Keith L. Brown and J. Thomas Schieffer. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: International Affairs Alumni Fellows Sharon Sun and Cameron Combs. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambasadors William J. vanden Heuvel, Penne Korth Peacock and Andrew Peacock May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador Joseph B. Gildenhorn and Alma Gildenhorn. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassadors Elizabeth F. Bagley and Lloyd N. Hand May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: The Georgetown Chimes Men's A Cappella Group. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador Abelardo L. Valdez. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Benjamin Franklin Awards for Oustanding Diplomatic Service. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Donald and John Kimelman Accept the Benjamin Franklin Award on Behalf of their Father, the late Ambassador Henry L. Kimelman. Photo credit: Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador Bruce S. Gelb. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador Robert D. Stuart, Jr. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador Bruce S. Gelb Accepts the Benjamin Franklin Award on Behalf of Ambassador Ogden Reid. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador Joseph B. Gildenhorn Receives the Henry L. Kimelman ~ Milton A. Wolf Award. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Marine McHenry, Ambassador Donald F. McHenry and Ambassador Timothy L. Towell. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador Joseph B. Gildenhorn. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador Glen A. Holden Receives the Henry L. Kimelman ~ Milton A. Wolf Award May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Don Kimelman and John Kimelman. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr. May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Steven Wechsler and Caryn Wechsler. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador Keith L. Brown Receives the Benjamin Franklin Award. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Joan Erwin, Ambassador Mark W. Erwin and Ambassador Aldona Z. Wos, M.D. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Susie Elson and Ambassador Jeanette W. Hyde. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Wilma Bernstein, Ambassador Stuart A. Bernstein and Ambassador Brenda LaGrange Johnson. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr., Sharon Loeb and Ambassador Timothy L. Towell. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Mandell Ourisman and Ambassador Mary M. Ourisman. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador Yousif B. Ghafari and Mara Kalnis Ghafari. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador Aldona Z. Wos and International Affairs Alumni Fellows Sharon Sun, Cameron Combs, Samuel Magaram and Stephen Jones. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Gloria Holden and Ambassador Glen A. Holden. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr. Receives the Henry L. Kimelman ~ Milton A. Wolf Award May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception. Ambassador Abelardo L. Valdez Receives the Chairman's Award from Ambassador Bruce S. Gelb May 7, 2013 Spring Conference: Special Representative for North Korea Policy Glyn T. Davis and Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer May 7, 2013 Spring Conference: Ambassadors Frank G. Wisner and Timothy A. Chorba May 7, 2013 Spring Conference: Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta S. Jacobson and Ambassador Brenda LaGrange Johnson 30th Anniversary Gala: Table Setting in the Hall of the Americas. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Floral Centerpieces by Jack Lucky Floral Designs. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Place Setting by Design Cuisine. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Table Setting in the Hall of the Americas. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador Robert D. Stuart, Jr., Lillan Stuart and Family. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Calligraphy by Sammy Little. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Tom Ford Fragrances Courtesy of Tom Ford and Domencio DeSole. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Laura Denise Noce Benigni Olivieri, Ambassador Mary M. Ourisman and Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassadors Andrew Peacock and Laurie S. Fulton. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr., Sharon Handler Loeb and Ambassador Abelardo L. Valdez. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Sharon Handler Loeb, Ambassador Tom C. Korologos and Ambassador Abelardo L. Valdez. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Suzanne Elson and Wilma Bernstein. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: The Ambassador of Japan H.E. Kenichiro Sasae, Ann Hand, Nobuko Sasae and Ambassador Lloyd N. Hand. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassadors Stuart W. Holliday and Yousif B. Ghafari. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Rhonda Wilkins, Ambassador C. Howard Wilkins, Jr., Dr. Marilyn Dornbush and Ambassador K. Terry Dornbush. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ann Hand and Ambassador John D. Ong. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambasasdor Lino Gutierrez and Miriam Gutierrez . Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassadors Elizabeth F. Bagley and William J. vanden Heuvel. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador Sam Fox, Melinda Blinken, Marilyn Fox, Wilma Bernstein and Ambassador Stuart Bernstein. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassadors Edward M. Gabriel and Jeanette W. Hyde. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador Aldona Z. Wos, M.D. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: The Ambassador of Italy H.E. Claudio Bisogniero and Laura Denise Noce Benigni Olivieri. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: International Affairs Alumni Fellows Cameron Combs, Valerie Brusilovsky and Sharon Sun. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: The Ambassador of Italy H.E. Claudio Bisogniero, Gwen Holliday and Ambassador Stuart W. Holliday. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador Tom C. Korologos. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Sharon Handler Loeb, Ambassador Laurie S. Fulton and Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Marine McHenry and Ambassador Donald F. McHenry. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador Keith L. Brown. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: U.S. Ambassadors to Denmark John L. Loeb, Jr. (1981-1983), Stuart A. Bernstein (2001-2005), Laurie S. Fulton (2009-2013), Keith L. Brown (1989-1992) and Edward E. Elson (1993-1998). Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador Edward J. Perkins and Dr. Gwendolyn Mikell. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassadors Marc C. Ginsberg, Penne Korth Peacock and Andrew Peacock. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Chief of Protocol Ambassador Capricia P. Marshall, Laura Denise Noce Benigni Olivieri and H.E. Claudio Bisogniero. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Mandell Ourisman and Ambassador Mary M. Ourisman. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Leo Dierckman and Kimberly Breslauer of Oppenheimer and Company. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador William J. vanden Heuvel. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: International Affairs Alumni Fellows Samuel Semwangu and Carol Yu. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador John Price and Marcia Price. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Vera Blinken and Ambassador Donald Blinken. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassadors Glen A. Holden and Elizabeth F. Bagley. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Rhonda Wilkins, The Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago H.E. Neil Parsan and Ambassador Mary M. Ourisman. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassadors Abelardo L. Valdez, Donald F. McHenry and William J. vanden Heuvel. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador William J. vanden Heuvel, Marine McHenry, Ambassador Abelardo L. Valdez and Ambassador Donald F. McHenry. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Armed Forces Color Guard. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassasdor Mary M. Ourisman and Anthem Vocalist Master Sergeant Nathan Sommers. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Anthem Vocalist Master Sergeant Nathan Sommers. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Master Sergeant Nathan Sommers Sings the National Anthem. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Gala Chair Ambassador Mary M. Ourisman. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Armed Forces Color Guard. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Father William L. George, S.J. Offers the Invocation. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Sharon Handler Loeb and Alma Gildenhorn. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr., Ambassador Sam Fox and Wilma Bernstein. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Lillan Stuart, Ambassador Timothy L. Towell and DaneTowell. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador Tom C. Korologos and International Affairs Alumni Fellow Ohnmar Khin. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Keynote Speaker Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering and Ambassador Mary M. Ourisman. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Strolling Strings. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Strolling Strings. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassadors Nancy Ely-Raphel and Andrew Peacock. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: The Ambassador of Japan H.E. Kenichiro Sasae. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Strolling Strings. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassadors Thomas R. Pickering and Mary M. Ourisman. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: CAA President Ambassador Timothy A. Chorba. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: The Ambassador of Singapore H.E. Ashok Mirpuri. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: CAA President Ambassador Timothy A. Chorba. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: The Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago H.E. Neil Parsan. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Chief of Protocol Ambassador Capricia P. Marshall. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: CAA President Ambassador Timothy A. Chorba. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassadors Aldona Z. Wos and James B. Culbertson. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador Richard T. McCormack. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador Selwa S. Roosevelt. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador Lloyd N. Hand. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Executive Director of the Council of American Ambassadors Carolyn M. Gretzinger. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Plaque Presented to Executive Director Carolyn Gretzinger Recognizing Her 22 Years of Service to the Council. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering Offers the Keynote Address. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering Offers the Keynote Address. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador Bruce S. Gelb. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Diana Davis Spencer. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador Bruce S. Gelb and Diana Davis Spencer. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Director-General of the Foreign Service Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ann Harrop, Ambassador William Harrop and Ambassador Jeanette W. Hyde. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: International Affairs Fellowship Program Alumni and Ambassador Abelardo L. Valdez. Photo credit Tony Powell May 6, 2013 Awards Ceremony and Reception: Ambassador Jim Blanchard and Janet Blanchard. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Hall of the Americas, Organization of American States. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Father William L. George, S.J., Carol Walker and Ambassador George H. Walker III. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: 2012-2013 Davis Public Diplomacy Fellow Glen Davis and Lisa Davis. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambassador James Culbertson, Monsignor Anthony Macaccio and Marek Chodakiewicz. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, Walter Houston, Mara Kalnis-Ghafari and Ambassador Yousif B. Ghafari. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: The Ambassador of Lebanon H.E. Antoine Chedid, Nicole Saba, Mara Kalnis-Ghafari and Ambassador Yousif B. Ghafari. Photo credit Tony Powell 30th Anniversary Gala: Ambasador Mary M. Ourisman and Ann Hand. Photo credit Tony Powell

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