Stanley Harsha is a former United States diplomat with 28 years of experience in the Foreign Service, focused on Asia, with expertise in education and cultural exchanges. During his 28-year diplomatic career, in positions that included United States Consul General for Sumatra, interim Chief of Mission in Timor Leste, and Executive Director of the Fulbright Scholarship Board, his work ranged from managing performing arts and educational exchanges, to crisis management and interacting with youth at hundreds of schools. Stan is a valuable core member the CFWAC Board and a leader of the Program Committee.
Catherine Ebert-Gray has long and varied experience and a member to the Foreign Service. In addition to serving as Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, she held a variety of senior State Department positions at US missions in Egypt, Australia, Togo, Germany, Mali, The Philippines and Morocco. As Deputy Assistant Secretary of Logistic Management she had oversight of the State Department supply chain and procurement the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. She is currently the Director of Global Education at the University of Colorado Denver /Anschutz.
Gary Anthony Grappo was the United States Ambassador to Oman from September 17, 2006, to June 1, 2009. Prior to becoming ambassador, he was Deputy Chief of Mission and Minister Counselor of the United States Mission in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Korbel School for International Studies at the University of Denver. Grappo holds a BS in Mathematics from the United States Air Force Academy, with, an MS in Geodesy and Survey Engineering from Perdue University, and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Korbel School for International Studies at the University of Denver.Ambassador Grappo kicked off the CFWAC 30th Anniversary season several years ago.
Dr. Marie Berry will be our moderator for the panel. She is an Associate Professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, where she is an affiliate of the Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy. She is also the Director of the Inclusive Global Leadership Initiative (IGLI), an effort to catalyze research, education, and programming aimed at elevating and amplifying the work that women activists are doing at the grassroots to advance peace, justice, and human rights across the world. CFWAC members will remember Berry expertly moderating our CFWAC program with Dr. Fiona Hill last March.
The program is at the Mount Vernon Canyon Club Feb. 15th at 7 PM. An optional dinner will proceed the program at 6 PM.