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United Nations Lecture Series Speaker: Usman Iftikhar, United Nations Development Program About the speaker: Iftikhar began his career in sustainable development started with IUCN – The International Union for Conservation of Nature in Pakistan in 1996. From 2001, he developed and coordinated the IUCN Pakistan Environmental Economics Programme and in 2005 became the Coordinator of IUCN Asia Regional Environmental Economics Programme.
About the speaker: Ms. Anayansi Lopez joined the Department of Peacekeeping Operations in 2007, but has worked in Public Information with the UN since 2002 with both the Peacekeeping Missions in Guatemala and Liberia, as well as the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Before joining the UN, she worked as a journalist for the main newspapers and radio stations in Guatemala and covered the country’s armed conflict and peace negotiations as a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from Landivar University in Guatemala and a Masters Degree in Political Communication from the Autonomous University in Barcelona, Spain.
About the Speaker: Prior to his appointment to UNDEF, Rich was a member of the staff at the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies of the Australian Defence College, teaching and mentoring colonel-level officers studying for master’s degree ins international relations. He was a research fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, D.C. Earlier, Rich was the foundation director of the Centre for Democratic Institutions at the Australian National University which promotes democracy in the Asia-Pacific region. He joined the Australian foreign service in 1975 and had postings in Paris, Rangoon, Manila and, from 1994-1997, as Australian ambassador to Laos.
About the Speaker: Verona Lambert is a Political Affairs Officer at the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF). Prior to joining the United Nations in 2004, she worked as an Information/Project Officer for the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) in Zambia. She has also worked as a journalist for Channel Africa, the external service of South African Broadcasting Corporation in Johannesburg, South Africa for four years. Mrs. Lambert holds a Masters degree in International Affairs and a Bachelor degree in Journalism.
About the Speaker: Goldthwait is an independent consultant and advisor to Cantera Partners and Delphos International. Prior to establishing his consulting business, he spent more than 30 years in the foreign service. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Chad, the general sales manager in the Foreign Agricultural Service of the Department of Agriculture, and the Agricultural Counselor in the U.S. Embassy in Lagos, Nigeria. Goldthwait graduated from American University in Washington, D.C., and he earned a master’s degree in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Miculescu also has an academic background, as well as an extensive experience in public communication. Starting with her PhD in Literature, her academic career as a professor of International Public Relations at two Romanian universities and as publisher of several books and tens of articles goes in parallel with her evolution in diplomacy. In Romania, she is known as one of the best experts in the area of management of International Public Relations and developed the first curricula on this topic, which is now used in several Romanian universities. |
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