The Diplomat Logo Launch
From left, The Washington Diplomat sales manager Rod Carrasco, Danny Kreps of Don Beyer Volvo in Falls Church, Va., managing editor Anna Gawel and Patrick Gilgallon, business development manager at Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, attend The Washington Diplomat’s logo launch reception.
Hosai Rashid of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, left, and her husband Weiss Farouq of ADT Fire & Security attend The Washington Diplomat’s logo launch reception at the Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square.
Anastasia Dellaccio of Sister Cities International, left, and Will Bohlen, vice president at the Podesta Group, attend The Washington Diplomat’s logo launch reception at the elegant Sofitel hotel located across from the White House.
Meridian Global Leadership Summit
Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, talks about why foreign policy matters, including the threat that radical religious extremism poses to the U.S., at the Meridian Global Leadership Summit held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.
Deputy Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, left, talks with Meridian President and CEO Ambassador Stuart Holliday at the Meridian Global Leadership Summit held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.
Icida McClean, left, and Natalie Placek, both of Delucchi Plus marketing consultants, attend the launch party for The Washington Diplomat’s new logo, which has been refreshed after 20 years.
Over 150 guests fill the Sofitel Washington DC’s Paris Ballroom as they wait for the unveiling of The Washington Diplomat’s new logo and newspaper redesign.
Angolan Independence
The foreign diplomatic corps was well represented at this year’s Meridian Global Leadership Summit, including Ambassador of Uganda Oliver Wonekha and Ambassador of Timor-Leste Domingos Sarmento Alves.
From left, Ambassador of Angola Agostinho Tavares da Silva Neto speaks with Maria da Cruz Gabriel, executive director of the US-Angola Chamber of Commerce, and Todd Haskell, deputy assistant secretary at the State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs, during Angola’s 40th anniversary celebration at the Willard InterContinental Washington hotel.
From left, J. Peter Pham, director of the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center; Laurinda Santos of the Angolan Embassy and Joseph Szlavik, president of Scribe Strategies and Advisors, celebrate Angola’s 40th anniversary of independence.
photos: larry luxner
Jon Clifton, managing director of Gallup Global Analytics, releases Gallup’s global report “Where the Great Jobs Are,” which seeks to offer metrics beyond traditional unemployment figures.
Former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, now chair of the Albright Stonebridge Group, left, shares his perspective on China’s growth (or lack thereof), and its impact on America with Financial Times world trade editor of Shawn Donnan.
Photos: Joyce Boghosian
Meridian Ball chairs Beatrice Wilkinson Welters, former U.S. ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, and Anthony Welters of UnitedHealth Group offer closing remarks at the Meridian Global Leadership Summit.
Todd Haskell, deputy assistant secretary at the State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs, speaks during Angola’s 40th anniversary celebration at the Willard InterContinental Washington.
Rosebelle Kirungi, third secretary at the Embassy of Uganda, left, and Joseph Szlavik, president of Scribe Strategies and Advisors Inc., attend the Angolan Independence Day reception.
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