Another Successful Academy Annual Meeting

On June 12, 2023, the Academy once again welcomed over 90 Academy members to the luncheon, which featured keynote speaker Ambassador Marcia Bernicat, the State Department’s current Director General of the Foreign Service, who updated the Academy on several ongoing departmental modernization efforts. Academy chairman Thomas Shannon also gave remarks on the overall state of the Academy, and committee members presented updates on their work such as that of the Dillon Book Award and the success of the Academy’s programs.