Location: DACOR Bacon House OR Online, 1801 F St NW, Washington, DC 20006
Event Description
Please note this is a hybrid event - you have the option to attend in person or virtually. Registrations are required for all attendees. For in-person attendees, the event will run from 11:45 am - 2 pm and will include lunch. The live stream will begin at 12:55 pm (virtual attendees will be sent a link for the event via email). This event is co-hosted by DACOR and UAA.
Join DACOR and UAA for a Development Dialogue featuring J. Brian Atwood on "State and AID - Building Back Better." Known to many of you, Brian has had an exemplary leadership career in development, diplomacy, Capitol Hill and academia. Currently a Senior Fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute, he was USAID Administrator in the Clinton Administration, Under-Secretary of State for Management, President of the National Democratic Institute, Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee, and much more. His full bio is below. Please join us for lunch at DACOR (or on line) for a lively discussion of this important topic with a person who has lived in both worlds.
J. Brian Atwood has had a long and distinguished career of public service leadership in an impressive range of areas – development, diplomacy, Capitol Hill and academia.
He led the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) during the Administration of President William Clinton serving as its Administrator for six and one half years. He earlier led the Clinton-Gore transition team at the State Department in 1992, and was Under Secretary of State for Management prior to his appointment as head of USAID. In 2010, he was elected Chair of the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
During the Carter Administration Atwood was Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations. In 2001, he served on UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Panel on Peace Operations. He was legislative advisor for foreign and defense policy to Senator Thomas F. Eagleton (D–Mo) (1972 to 1977).
Atwood was the first President of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) (1985 to 1993). He received the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award in 1999. He was a career diplomat before joining Senator Eagleton and later became Dean of Professional Studies and Academic Affairs at the Foreign Service Institute (1981-82).
He is currently a Senior Fellow for International Studies and Public Affairs at Brown University’s Thomas Watson Institute for International Studies and Chair of the Washington Institute for Foreign Affairs board. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota’s Hubert H Humphrey School of Public Affairs. He was dean of the Humphrey School from 2002 to 2010 and was elected President of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs in 2009. He was also the Chair of the University of Minnesota’s Deans’ council and a recipient of the University’s Distinguished Service Award.
He has been a frequent contributor of editorials and opinion articles on foreign policy and development cooperation.
