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DESCRIPTION:Join UNC Global Affairs and UNCMUNC XVI — Carolina’s Colleg
 iate Model United Nations Conference — for a Diplomatic Discussion with 
 U.S. Ambassador (ret.) Linda Thomas-Greenfield. During this conversation\,
  Amb. Thomas-Greenfield will reflect on her lifetime of service to the cou
 ntry\, including as ambassador to the United Nations\, ambassador to Liber
 ia\, assistant secretary of state for African affairs and director general
  of the Foreign Service. Professor Jennifer Davis will moderate the conver
 sation\, focusing on Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield’s distinguished career
  in the U.S. Department of State and at the U.S. Mission to the United Nat
 ions.\n\n \n\nThursday\, Oct. 9\n5:30 p.m. (doors open at 4:45 p.m.)\nThe 
 Great Hall\, Frank Porter Graham Student Union\n\n \n\nPlan to attend? L
 et us know! CLE credit is available.\n\n \n\nThe Diplomatic Discussion spe
 aker series is part of Carolina’s Diplomacy Initiative\, which introdu
 ces students to shared global challenges and provides them opportunities t
 o practice skills necessary to address those challenges. In 2025\, UNC Glo
 bal Affairs launched the Carolina Diplomacy Fellows for students intereste
 d in deepening their engagement with the Diplomacy Initiative.\n\n \n\nRea
 d more about Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield\n\nLinda Thomas-Greenfield serve
 d as United States Ambassador to the United Nations\, as well as the U.S. 
 Representative in the UN Security Council from 2021-2025.  During her tenu
 re as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations\, Thomas-Greenfield was a memb
 er of President Biden’s Cabinet\, and sat on the National Security Counc
 il. Prior to this\, she headed the State Department’s transition team fo
 r the Biden Administration. \n\n \n\nAs a career diplomat\, Thomas-Greenfi
 eld has had a wide range of assignments. From 2013 to 2017\, she served as
  Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs\, where she led U.S. pol
 icy development for sub-Saharan Africa. She previously served as Director 
 General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources\, overseein
 g the State Department’s workforce. Her notable Foreign Service roles in
 clude Ambassador to Liberia (2008-2012) and postings in Switzerland\, Paki
 stan\, Kenya\, The Gambia\, Nigeria\, and Jamaica. In Washington\, she ser
 ved as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of African Affai
 rs and as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Population\, Refugee
 s\, and Migration. \n\n \n\nAfter retiring in 2017\, Ambassador Thomas-Gre
 enfield led the Africa Practice at Albright Stonebridge Group and was a Di
 stinguished Resident Fellow in African Studies at Georgetown University’
 s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. She holds a bachelor’s degree fr
 om Louisiana State University and a master’s from the University of Wisc
 onsin\, where she also pursued doctoral studies. Her honors include a Pres
 idential Rank Award\, Secretary Distinguished Service Award plus numerous 
 other awards. She has honorary doctorates from the University of Wisconsin
  and the University of Liberia.
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LOCATION:The Frank Porter Graham Student Union\, The Great Hall
SUMMARY:‘A Lifetime of Service: An Evening with Linda Thomas-Greenfield
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 da-thomas-greenfield
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