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Tampa Bay
Global Business Initiative in cooperation with World Trade Center |
World Affairs
Council
programs are held monthly and are open to
individuals interested in international affairs and business. Meeting dates will
be the second Friday of each month in order to allow speakers to remain
in the area for the weekend. The program speakers will be announced
at least one month in advance. Each program will be designed to give
specific Off-The-Record information on a specific issue and
to offer interesting and helpful insight into various cultures
worldwide.
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UPCOMING PROGRAMS
Note: The program was rescheduled as the outcome of the Presidential
Election will drastically
change the dynamics of U.S. - Latin America Relations, no matter
who wins.
- Friday, November 7, 2008
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Tampa Bay World
Affairs Council
PROGRAM: What Lies Ahead Under a New Administration?
Future
Economic & Political Trends in Latin America.
The Role of the powerful OAS in the Americas.
www.oas.org
SPEAKER:
Ms. Jane Barber Thery, Head OAS-USA Relations, Organization of
American States, Washington, D.C.
INTRODUCTION: The Honorable Betty Castor, Director, Pitel Center
for Global Solutions, USF
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WHERE:
The Tampa Club, 101 E. Kennedy Blvd, 42nd Fl.
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TIME: 8:00am - 8:30am Sign-In &
Networking | 8:30am - 9:30am Breakfast & Program.
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COST:
Members: $20.00 | Member Guests: $25.00 | Non- Members: $30.00
- Includes
Plated Breakfast & Program
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RSVP:
wtctampabay@gmail.com
Pay Online or at the door.
Jane Thery is the
Head of OAS – USA Relations, Department of International
Affairs, Secretariat for External Relations of the Organization
of American States (OAS) in Washington, DC. She manages
relations with the US Congress, the US Administration,
Washington, DC as the host city of the OAS headquarters, and key
cities in the US. Before taking on these responsibilities in
2006, she was the Principal Specialist of the OAS Summits of the
Americas Secretariat. The Secretariat is charged with monitoring
the implementation of mandates from the Summits of the Americas
and preparing for future Summits. She was responsible for the
Summit mandate areas of: Trade, Investment and Financial
Stability; Corporate Social Responsibility; Employment; Growth
with Equity; and Infrastructure and Standards for the 2004
Summit in Monterrey, Mexico and the 2005 Summit in Mar del
Plata, Argentina. From 1995 to 2001, Ms. Thery was Principal
Specialist in the Trade Unit of the OAS where she was actively
involved in providing technical support to the negotiations for
a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Previous to joining
the Trade Unit, Ms. Thery held senior positions with the
Institute for International Economics, the U.S. House of
Representatives Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, and
the University of Maryland's School of Public Affairs. She began
her career in Lima, Peru as the Ford Foundation's International
Affairs Program Officer for the Andean Region and Southern Cone
from 1982-1985.
Ms. Thery has
consulted for the Inter-American Development Bank, The
Rockefeller Foundation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and Odebrecht
Company of Brazil, among other organizations, and has worked in
over 50 countries, primarily in the developing world. She speaks
frequently on US - Latin American economic and foreign policy
issues, trade policy and development, with recent lectures at
the US Foreign Service Institute, the National Defense
University and Yale University. Ms. Thery holds an MA in
international economics from Yale University, a BA in
international relations from Duke University and is fluent in
Spanish.
All meetings are open for members to have Question & Answer sessions with speakers.
Subjects can vary from cultural to politics to business to leisure
and travel.
P rograms will
start with a report of 'Travel Alerts and US State Department
'Hot
Spots' in the world. We will ask members to share any recent travel
experiences... good, bad or otherwise.
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Here For Membership Application
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