Diplomat in Residence for the Mid-Atlantic Region

    

Jasper R. Daniels:  DIR 2016 - 2018

The current Diplomat in Residence for the Mid-Atlantic Region is Jasper R. Daniels, a Foreign Service Specialist who began his career as a Support Communications Officer in 1985. Currently a senior officer specializing in Information Management with the Department of State, he has had overseas posts in literally every inhabited world region, including serving as the Management Counselor at US Embassy Freetown, Sierra Leone. During this assignment, he was designated acting Deputy Chief of Mission for an extended period of time.

Jasper is not new to the Diplomat in Residence program, having served for the previously as DIR for the four states comprising the Southwest Region – Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah. Prior to that he was assigned to Washington, DC as the Director of the Systems and Integration Office in the Bureau of Information and Resource Management. He is a veteran of the United States Army. As a native of North Carolina with close family ties in the state, Jasper was only too happy to transfer to the Mid-Atlantic region this past summer. He has been assigned DIR to our region from 2016 – 2018.     

The DIR for the Mid-Atlantic Region can be contacted at: DIRSouthernMidAtlantic@state.gov.

Reminder for 31 January 2017

Colleagues,

A warm welcome to 2017!  Here's some important information to start the year on an up note:

Don’t Forget the CFFS Luncheon, Tuesday, January 31 at the University Club, 17th floor at 3100 Tower Blvd., Durham.

Professor Jeff Spinner-Halev, Kenan Eminent Professor of Political Ethics at UNC, will speak on “Changing Demographic Trends and Their Impact on Israeli Domestic and Foreign Policies.

The cost is $30. Entrée choices are: Chicken breast, salmon or vegetarian. Please indicate your choice(s) when you make your reservation. And don’t forget to include your 2017 membership dues, $10 per person, along with your luncheon payment.

Please make checks payable to Treasurer, CFFS and mail them to Bonnie Kuhr, 7316 Ray Road, Raleigh NC 27613-3919.  The deadline for reservations is Friday, January 20.

Regards,

Michael Cotter, Secretary