Recent Events 2023

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	BEYOND THE HEADLINES December 7, 2023 \| Embassy of France, Washington, D.C. Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit Awardees: International Journalism: Masih Alinejad, Iranian-American Journalist Courage on the Frontline: Shabana Basij-Rasikh, President and Co-Founder of School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA) Impact in Philanthropy: Women Moving Millions, Accepted by its CEO, Sarah Haacke Byrd Fireside Chat: Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Moderator: Elisabeth Bumiller, The New York Times Washington Bureau Chief, WFPG Board Member View the photos
	BEYOND THE HEADLINES November 29, 2023 \| Rayburn House Office Building, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. U.S. Foreign Policy Response to Global Democratic Backsliding– A Bipartisan Conversation Closing Remarks by: Congresswoman Dina Titus, D-NV Panelists: Shannon Green, Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance, USAID Susan Stigant, Director of Africa Programs, U.S. Institute of Peace Michelle Bekkering, National Engagement Director, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition Moderator: Sandra Pepera, Senior Associate and Director for Gender, Women and Democracy, National Democratic Institute View the photos
	BEYOND THE HEADLINES November 15, 2023 \| DACOR Bacon House, Washington, D.C. Investing in Africa, Investing in Women: Benefits to U.S. National Security Panelists: Alice Albright, CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation Joy Basu, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State Thomas Debass, Managing Director, Office of Global Partnerships, U.S. Department of State Florie Liser, CEO, Corporate Council on Africa.State Moderator: Chiedo Nwankwor, Johns Hopkins SAIS Vice Dean, Education and Academic Affairs, and Lecturer and Director, SAIS Women Lead
	BEYOND THE HEADLINES November 1, 2023 \| Washington, D.C. APEC Summit Preview Speakers: Nora Todd, National Security Adviser, Senior Director for International Economics Mira Rapp-Hooper, National Security Council, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for East Asia and Oceania
	MENTORING PROGRAMS October 31, 2023 \| Virtual Mentor Minutes: Michele Lynch Speakers: Michele Lynch, Senior Policy Advisor, TMG
	MENTORING PROGRAMS October 26, 2023 \| Virtual Career Pathways: Climate Speakers: Jane Nakano, Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Renata Koch Alvarenga, Founder and Director, EmpoderaClima
	BEYOND THE HEADLINES October 23, 2023 \| Ukrainian Institue of America, New York City Women in Conflict: Supporting Activist Leaders in Afghanistan, Iran, and Ukraine Welcome Remarks by: Alexa Chopivsky, Executive Director, Women’s Foreign Policy Group Introduction of Women’s Leadership Fireside Chat Honored Speakers by: Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Executive Director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security Women’s Leadership Fireside Chat by: Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67th U.S. Secretary of State Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Introduction of Panelists by: Alexa Chopivsky, Executive Director, Women’s Foreign Policy Group Panel Conversation by: Mahnaz Afkhami, Former Minister for Women's Affairs in Iran and Founder of Women's Learning Partnership, Mahnaz Akbari, Former Commander of the Afghan Female Tactical Platoon and Project Manager at the Afghan Allies Program, Oleksandra Matviichuck, 2022 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Documenter of war crimes, Moderated by Bianna Golodryga, Senior Global Affairs Analyst, CNN Closing Remarks: Kathy Nalywajko, President, Ukrainian Institute of America View the photos
	BEYOND THE HEADLINES September 27, 2023 \| Washington, D.C. U.S.-India Relations in Focus Welcome by: Sharon Stirling, COO, ORF America Opening Remarks by: Alexa Chopivsky, Executive Director, Women’s Foreign Policy Group, Speakers: Nancy Izzo Jackson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State Persis Khambatta, Director of Global Government Affairs for India and South Asia, Walmart Tanvi Madan, Senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program, Brookings Institution Moderated by: Humeyra Pamuk, U.S. State Department Correspondent, Reuters Closing Remarks: Sharon Stirling, COO, ORF America Co-organized by Women's Foreign Policy Group and ORF America View the photos
	MENTORING PROGRAMS September 19, 2023 \| Virtual Career Pathways: Journalism Speakers: Saleha Mohsin, Senior Washington Correspondent at Bloomberg Ellen Nakashima, National Security Reporter at The Washington Post Jennifer Williams, Deputy Editor at Foreign Policy
	MENTORING PROGRAMS September 14, 2023 \| Virtual Mentor Minutes: Andrea Thompson Speakers: Andrea Thompson, Vice President for International Programs at Northrop Grumman
	MENTORING PROGRAMS August 29, 2023 \| Virtual Mentor Minutes: Carmiel Arbit Speakers: Carmiel Arbit, nonresident Senior Fellow for Middle East Programs at the Atlantic Council
	MENTORING PROGRAMS August 22, 2023 \| Virtual Career Pathways: Political Risk Speakers: Anna Ashton, Director of China Corporate Affairs and US-China at the Eurasia Group Anya Prusa, Associate Partner at Albright Stonebridge Group's Americas practice Brandy Svensson
	BEYOND THE HEADLINES August 1, 2023 \| Virtual Relief, Recovery, Restabilization: Addressing the Conflict in Yemen Speaker: Zena Ali Ahmad, Yemen’s UNDP Resident Representative Moderated by: Missy Ryan, The Washington Post Co-organized by the Women's Foreign Policy Group and UNDP Washington.
	BEYOND THE HEADLINES July 31, 2023 \| Washington, D.C. Strength in the Face of Suppression: Highlighting the Heroines of the Afghan Female Tactical Platoon Opening Remarks by: Alexa Chopivsky, Executive Director, Women’s Foreign Policy Group Speakers: General Joseph Votel, Former Commander, United States Central Command Ambassador Adela Raz, former Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States and United Nations Mary Kolars, CPT, US, Lead Advisor, Afghan Female Tactical Platoon (2016-2021) and Cultural Support Program Manager (2016-2021) Moderated by: Jennifer Griffin, Chief National Security Correspondent, Fox News Closing Remarks: Andrea McCarren, President, PenFed Foundation Co-organized by Women's Foreign Policy Group, PenFed Foundation, Paul Hastings, Sisters of Service, and With Honor Action. View the photos
	BEYOND THE HEADLINES July 27th, 2023 \| Atlantic Council Ukrainian Tennis Champion Elina Svitolina on Sports Diplomacy Opening Remarks by: Alexa Chopivsky, Executive Director of the Women’s Foreign Policy Group Speaker: Elina Svitolina, tennis champion, previous world no. 3, UNITED24 Ambassador Moderator: Margaret Brennan, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, CBS News Closing Remarks by: Fred Kempe, Chief Executive Officer, Atlantic Council Co-Hosted by the Women’s Foreign Policy Group and the Atlantic Council. View the photos View the recording
	MENTORING PROGRAMS July 27th, 2023 \| Washington D.C. Mentor Minutes: Dana Linnet Speakers: Dana Linnet, President and CEO of the Summit Group D.C., former diplomat, and U.S. national security veteran
	MENTORING PROGRAMS July 18th, 2023 \| Virtual Career Pathways: International Affairs Graduate Programs in DC Speakers: Representatives from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, American University’s School of International Service, and Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
	MENTORING PROGRAMS June 29, 2023 \| Washington D.C. Mentor Minutes: Maha Yaktin Quol Speakers: Maha Yaktin Quol, Senior Government Liaison with the UN Information Center
	BEYOND THE HEADLINES June 29, 2023 \| Washington D.C. International Women in Diplomacy Day 2023 Opening Remarks by: Darja Ferlež, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Slovenia Speaker: Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, author of "Lessons from the Edge" and former US Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, and Ukraine Moderated by: Alexa Chopivsky, Executive Director at the Women's Foreign Policy Group Co-organized by the Women's Foreign Policy Group and the Embassy of Slovenia. View the photos
	MENTORING PROGRAMS June 20, 2023 \| Virtual Career Pathways: U.S. Foreign Service Speakers: Ambassador Kathleen Doherty, Chief Strategy and Retreats Officer of the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands Ambassador Barbara Stephenson, Vice Provost for Global Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Katie Conti, Foreign Service Officer, Generalist, Public Diplomacy at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya
	BEYOND THE HEADLINES May 25, 2023 \| Washington, DC International Principles on Responsible AI Opening Remarks by: Kristi Rogers, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Principal to Principal and Co-Chair of the Women's Foreign Policy Group Board of Directors Speakers: Jennifer Bachus, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy at the U.S. Department of State Natasha Crampton, Chief Responsible AI Officer at Microsoft Hon. Michelle S. Giuda, Director of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy Moderated by: Cat Zakrzewski, Technology Policy Reporter at The Washington Post Closing Remarks: Lloyd Whitman, Senior Director of the GeoTech Center at the Atlantic Council Co-organized by Women's Foreign Policy Group and Microsoft, in partnership with the Atlantic Council GeoTech Center and the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy. View the photos
	MENTORING PROGRAMS May 18, 2023 \| Virtual Mentor Minutes: Bonnie Carroll Speaker: Bonnie Carroll, Founder of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Hosted by the Women’s Foreign Policy Group
	MENTORING PROGRAMS May 16, 2023 \| Virtual Career Pathways: Intelligence Speakers: Erinn Whitaker, Professor of the Practice in the Curriculum of Peace, War and Defense, UNC Chapel Hill Mary Quinn, Specialist Leader for Deloitte Adrianne George, Founder of MyCyberExec Hosted by the Women’s Foreign Policy Group
	BEYOND THE HEADLINES May 1, 2023 \| Washington, DC Ukraine: Investment Opportunities and Digital Diplomacy Welcoming Remarks by: Diane Farrell, Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce Opening Remarks by: Alexa Chopivsky, Executive Director, The Women’s Foreign Policy Group Chris Fetzer, Partner, Dentons Speakers: Alex Bornyakov, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Serhiy Tsivkach, CEO, Ukraine Invest Oleksiy Vitchenko, Founder, Digital Future VC View the photos
	MENTORING PROGRAMS April 27, 2023 \| Virtual Mentor Minutes: Anita Botti Speaker: Anita Botti, Treasurer of the Women's Foreign Policy Group Board of Directors Hosted by the Women’s Foreign Policy Group
	CELEBRATING WOMEN DIPLOMATS April 26, 2023 \| Washington, DC Opening Remarks by: Alexa Chopivsky, Executive Director of the Women’s Foreign Policy Group Speakers: Ambassador Carmen Monton, Permanent Observer of Spain to the OAS Ambassador Ivonne Baki, Embassy of Ecuador to the U.S. Ambassador Claverie De Sciolli, Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the OAS Hosted by the Women’s Foreign Policy Group and the Organization of American States View the photos
	MENTORING PROGRAMS April 18, 2023 \| Virtual Career Pathways: AI, Technology & Cybersecurity Speakers: Lauren Bedula, Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies Ayan Islam, Director, Cyber Workforce, Office of the National Cyber Director Dr. Kathryn Neal, Senior Director, International Policy, Microsoft Hosted by the Women’s Foreign Policy Group
	MENTORING PROGRAMS March 30, 2023 \| Virtual Mentor Minutes: Theresa Loar Speaker: Theresa Loar, Vice Chair of the Women's Foreign Policy Group Board of Directors Hosted by the Women’s Foreign Policy Group
	BEYOND THE HEADLINES March 23, 2023 \| Washington, DC & Virtual Innovation and Leadership in Defense and Security Introductions by: Alexa Chopivsky, Executive Director of the Women’s Foreign Policy Group Keynote address by: Michèle Flournoy, Former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy. Moderator: Hadeil Ali, Director, Diversity and Leadership in International Affairs Project, CSIS. Speakers: Kari A. Bingen, Director, Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow, International Security Program Algene Sajery, Founder and CEO of Catalyst Global Strategies Nancy Ziuzin Schlegel, VP, International Government Affairs, Lockheed Martin International Hosted by the Women’s Foreign Policy Group and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) View the photos Watch the recording
	MENTORING PROGRAMS March 21, 2023 \| Virtual Career Pathways: United Nations Speakers: Stefania Piffanelli, Director, United Nations Information Center, Washington Stefano Pettinato, Deputy Director, United Nations Development Program Washington Representation Office April Pham, Senior Gender Advisor, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, New York Hosted by the Women’s Foreign Policy Group
	BEYOND THE HEADLINES March 9, 2023 \| Washington, DC Recovering From War: Women on the Frontlines of Ukraine’s Economic Reconstruction Introductions by: Alexa Chopivsky, Executive Director of the Women’s Foreign Policy Group Moderator: Sabrina Siddiqui, White House Reporter at the Wall Street Journal Speakers: Ingrid Ask, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Sweden in Washington, DC Michael Curtis, Deputy Ambassador of the European Union to the United States Olga Hamama, Co-Founder of United for Ukraine (Switzerland) H.E. Oksana Markarova, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Oleksandra Matviichuk, 2022 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (Ukraine) Sevgil Musayeva, Editor-in-Chief of Ukrainska Pravda; 2019 Harvard University Nieman Fellow Nancy Pelosi, Former 52nd Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; Representative for California’s 11th Congressional District Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (USA); Co-founder of Nobel Women's Initiative; American peace and human rights activist Hosted by the Women’s Foreign Policy Group, United for Ukraine (Switzerland), the Embassy of Sweden in Washington, DC, and the Delegation of the European Union to the United States View the photos Watch the recording
	BEYOND THE HEADLINES March 2, 2023 \| Virtual One-Year Anniversary of the Ukraine War: Stories of Courage and Total Resistance: Everyday Heroes and the Role of Civil Society in Defending Freedom and Democracy Moderator: Daniel Bilak, Canadian-born volunteer serviceman in the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine; former Chief Investment Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Speakers: Yulia Dmytrova, Director of TAPS Ukraine; former Dnipro City Council member Dana Pavlychko, CEO of United for Ukraine; Owner of Osnovy Publishing Valeriia Shumska, Program Officer at The HALO Trust Hosted by the Women’s Foreign Policy Group Watch the recording
	BEYOND THE HEADLINES February 16, 2023 \| Virtual Munich Security Conference Preview: The International Order, Ukraine, and Other Top Priorities Moderator: Saleha Mohsin, Senior Washington Correspondent at Bloomberg Speakers: Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky, Senior Fellow at Harvard University, JFK Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs, former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Andrea L. Thompson, Vice President for International Programs at Northrop Grumman Hosted by the Women’s Foreign Policy Group Watch the recording
	BEYOND THE HEADLINES January 19, 2023 \| Washington, DC Protecting Ukraine: Public-Private Defense of Allies Abroad Moderator: Jamil N. Jaffer, Founder and Executive Director of the National Security Institute at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School Speakers: Jennifer Bachus, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, US Department of State Eric Goldstein, Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, CISA Dave Luber, Deputy Director of Cybersecurity, National Security Agency Jeanette Manfra, Global Director for Security and Compliance, Google Cloud Hosted by the National Security Institute (NSI) at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School in partnership with the Women’s Foreign Policy Group and Beacon Global Strategies View the photos
	MENTORING FORUM January 12, 2023 \| Washington, DC When Women Lead: How female leadership is crafting the new success paradigm across foreign policy and national security; business and technology Moderator: Alexa Chopivsky, Executive Director of the Women's Foreign Policy Group Speakers: Julia Boorstin, CNBC's Senior Tech & Media Correspondent; author of newly published and critically acclaimed, "When Women Lead: What They Achieve, Why They Succeed, How We Can Learn from Them." Dr. Evelyn Farkas, Executive Director, McCain Institute; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State The Hon. Michelle Giuda, Director of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy; former acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Held in partnership with DACOR