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 Celebrating Women Leaders Luncheon 
   
 
Washington, DC—On June 20, 2016, WFPG honored Assistant Secretaries of State: Ambassador Anne Patterson, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Anne Richard, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; and Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs, at its Celebration of Women Leaders luncheon. The conversation on "Combating Terrorism, Regional Conflicts, and Migration Challenges in the Middle East and Africa" was moderated by Washington Post Senior National Security Correspondent Karen DeYoung.     
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Anne Patterson | 
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield 
 
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 WFPG Board Chair Ann Stock 
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 WFPG President Patricia Ellis
 
  
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 Karen DeYoung opens the panel discussion 
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 The Assistant Secretaries with Karen DeYoung
 
  
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 Patricia Ellis, Ambassador Rachad Bouhlal of Morocco,   Ambassador Fayçal Gouia of Tunisia, and  Chargé d'Affaires Carla Jazzar of Lebanon
  
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 Ann Stock and Nobuko Sasae,  wife of the Ambassador of Japan 
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 WFPG Board Member and event sponsor   Allison Ford of United Technologies with  Ambassador Božo Cerar of Slovenia 
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 Patricia Ellis with Deputy Chiefs of Mission   Nathalie Broadhurst of France and Cristina Fraile of Spain  
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 Julie Davis of The New York Times,  WFPG Board Member Elisabeth Bumiller, and Patricia Ellis 
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 Shelly Porges and WFPG Board  Member Theresa Loar of CH2M 
  
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 WFPG Board Member Anita Botti with  Wenchi Yu of Goldman Sachs 
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 Ambassador Floreta Faber of Albania and   Birgitte Hygen of the Embassy of Norway
  
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 WFPG Board Member Marcia Wiss and Anne Richard 
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 WFPG Board Member Stephenie Foster and guests
 
  
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 Anne Richard, Linda Thomas-Greenfield,   and DCM Alejandra Solano Cabalceta of Costa Rica  
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 WFPG Board Member Isabel Jasinowski and Elizabeth Stevens
 
  
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 Ambassador-at-Large for Global   Women's Issues Catherine Russell and  Ambassador Mathilde Mukantabana of Rwanda 
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 Ambassador Božo Cerar,   WFPG Board Member Kate Irvin of Coca-Cola, and  WFPG Board Vice Chair Gail Leftwich Kitch
 
  
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  Ambassador Thelma Phillip-Browne of St. Kitts and Nevis 
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 DCM Alejandra Solano Cabalceta and   Ambassador Hassana Alidou of Niger
 
  
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 Deborah Saidy, Patricia Ellis, and Deborah Derrick  
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 Guests at the reception
 
  
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 DCM Jolene Tan of Singapore at the luncheon 
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 Patricia Ellis welcomes guests
 
  
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 Hanan Saab, Kelsey Sherbondy, and   Brianna Philips of event sponsor  NAFSA: Association of International Educators 
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 Luncheon attendees
 
  
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