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DESCRIPTION:Our Monday evening event at the Holiday Inn at the Airport.  T
 here will be a No-Host Bar and Buffet served at a cost of $30. Please regi
 ster on our website IMMEDIATELY BY SEPTEMBER 15TH TO ORDER A MEAL so we ca
 n turn in a guarantee.  You can pay by Venmo or check the night of the ev
 ent. Speaker:  Jeffrey Hovenier\, Former US Ambassador Title:  "A Career
  in the US Foreign Service" Ambassador Jeffrey M. Hovenier is a nonresiden
 t senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center. He is a diploma
 t who served as the US ambassador to Kosovo from 2022 to 2024 and has had 
 a career of over thirty-four years in the US foreign service. During this 
 time\, he led interagency teams to advance US strategic priorities and ser
 ved as a strategist and negotiator.   Prior to his role in Kosovo\, Amba
 ssador Hovenier was chargé d’affaires and deputy chief of mission in Tu
 rkey. He also served as acting deputy chief of mission and minister counse
 lor for political affairs at the US embassy in Germany\, in addition to ot
 her roles at US embassies in Peru\, Greece\, Croatia\, Paraguay\, and Pana
 ma and at the US Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation 
 in Europe. In Washington\, he served on the National Security Council as 
 director for Central and Southeastern European affairs and in various posi
 tions in the Department of State’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affai
 rs. Ambassador Hovenier is the recipient of the Presidential Rank Award as
  well as numerous Department of State awards\, including the Distinguished
  Honor Award\; he received government honors from the Republic of Kosovo. 
 He holds an MA in government from Georgetown University and a BA in intern
 ational relations from Brigham Young University. He is fluent in Spanish a
 nd German and has proficiency in Serbian\, Croatian\, and Greece. 
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LOCATION:Holiday Inn at Airport
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SUMMARY:Evening Meeting -  Ambassador Jeffrey Hovenier
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-fami
 ly: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; font-size:
  13px\;">Our Monday evening event at the Holiday Inn at the Airport.&nbsp\
 ;</p>\n\n<p style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Ar
 ial\, Verdana\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; font-size: 13px\;">There will
  be a No-Host Bar and Buffet served at a cost of $30.</p>\n\n<p style="col
 or: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, &quot\
 ;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; font-size: 13px\;"><span style="color:#FF0000\;"><s
 trong>Please register on our website IMMEDIATELY BY SEPTEMBER 15TH TO ORDE
 R A MEAL so we can turn in a guarantee</strong></span>.&nbsp\; You can pay
  by Venmo or check the night of the event.</p>\n\n<p style="color: rgb(51\
 , 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, &quot\;Trebuchet 
 MS&quot\;\; font-size: 13px\;">Speaker:&nbsp\; Jeffrey Hovenier\, Former U
 S Ambassador</p>\n\n<p style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans
 -serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; font-size: 13px\;"
 >Title:&nbsp\; &quot\;A Career in the US Foreign Service&quot\;</p>\n\n<p 
 style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdan
 a\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; font-size: 13px\;">Ambassador Jeffrey M. 
 Hovenier is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council&rsquo\;s E
 urope Center.</p>\n\n<p style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: san
 s-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; font-size: 13px\;
 ">He is a diplomat who served as the US ambassador to Kosovo from 2022 to 
 2024 and has had a career of over thirty-four years in the US foreign serv
 ice. During this time\, he led interagency teams to advance US strategic p
 riorities and served as a strategist and negotiator.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n\n
 <p style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Ver
 dana\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; font-size: 13px\;">Prior to his role i
 n Kosovo\, Ambassador Hovenier was charg&eacute\; d&rsquo\;affaires and de
 puty chief of mission in Turkey.</p>\n\n<p style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)
 \; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\
 ; font-size: 13px\;">He also served as acting deputy chief of mission and 
 minister counselor for political affairs at the US embassy in Germany\, in
  addition to other roles at US embassies in Peru\, Greece\, Croatia\, Para
 guay\, and Panama and at the US Mission to the Organization for Security a
 nd Cooperation in Europe.&nbsp\;In Washington\, he served on the National 
 Security Council as director for Central and Southeastern European affairs
  and in various positions in the Department of State&rsquo\;s Bureau of Eu
 ropean and Eurasian Affairs.</p>\n\n<div style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\;
  font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; 
 font-size: 13px\;">Ambassador Hovenier is the recipient of the Presidentia
 l Rank Award as well as numerous Department of State awards\, including th
 e Distinguished Honor Award\; he received government honors from the Repub
 lic of Kosovo. He holds an MA in government from Georgetown University and
  a BA in international relations from Brigham Young University. He is flue
 nt in Spanish and German and has proficiency in Serbian\, Croatian\, and G
 reece.</div>\n
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