The Delaware Lahore Delhi Partnership for Peace Invites you to a luncheon featuring United States Ambassador Robin L. Raphel, Senior Advisor for Pakistan & Afghanistan, U.S. State Department – Washington, DC
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 12 noon to 1:30 pm Ballroom of the University & Whist Club 805 North Broom Street Wilmington, Delaware 19806
Pre-registration and payment required by Thursday, October 3 Your tickets will be held at the registration table at the University & Whist Club. Registration opens at 11:15 am on Wednesday, October 9.
Robin Lynn Raphel (born 1947) is a career diplomat who is currently the coordinator for non-military assistance to Pakistan with the rank of ambassador. She was appointed by President Clinton as first Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, a newly created position. Robin Raphel received a B.A. in history and economics from the University of Washington. She took graduate courses in history at Cambridge University and earned an M.A. in economics from the University of Maryland. Raphel began her career as a lecturer in history at Damavand College in Tehran, Iran. She first worked for the United States Government as an economic analyst for the CIA from 1973 to 1975. She then moved to Islamabad, Pakistan where she worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development as an economic/financial analyst. She then joined the State Department. Raphel has been the senior Vice President at the National Defense University in Washington. The Obama Administration appointed Robin Raphel as a member of the team of the late Richard Holbrooke, the Special Representative to the Af-Pak region. Her foreign languages are French and Urdu. Focus of Ambassador Raphel’s Speech Ambassador Robin Raphel will address three areas:
The program will provide ample time for questions from the audience.
The Program
Welcome - Kathleen Meyer, Co-founder of the Delaware Lahore Delhi Partnership for Peace
Luncheon
Address by United States Ambassador Robin L. Raphel, Senior Advisor for Pakistan & Afghanistan, U.S. State Department
In Partnership with our Co-sponsors
Eleven organizations have accepted the invitation of the Delaware NGO of the Delaware Lahore Delhi Partnership for Peace to be co-sponsors of the luncheon program. Theyrepresent a broad cross section of Delaware business, academia, State of Delawaregovernment and non-profit NGOs, both local and international in nature.
American Association of University Women, Delaware Chapter BTL Foundation Center for Global & Area Studies, University of Delaware Indo-American Association of Delaware International Trade & Development Department of the State of Delaware International Women’s Forum, Delaware Chapter National Association of Women Business Owners, Delaware Chapter New Castle County Chamber of Commerce Pakistani-American Society of the Greater Delaware Valley South Asian Bar Association of Delaware World Trade Center Delaware _____________________________________________________________
Registration with payment due by October 3, 2013
Tickets are priced at $35/person
Payment by check payable to Delaware Lahore Delhi Partnership for Peace and mailed to
DLD-Delaware at 110 South Road, Wilmington DE 19809
Phone and e-mail inquiries are welcome.
E-mail: prc47@hotmail.com or call 302-764-6654.
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