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SEMINAR, JUNE 2011 |
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| Dear Friends, We are
pleased to invite you to the June 2011 Pasadena Seminar (in English)
to be held in Little Tokyo as follows: |
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June 26 iSun)
2:00PM@Door opens, 2:30PM@Start of Seminar |
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SPEAKER: |
Mr.
George Novinger (Diplomat, U.S. Dept. of State) |
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SUBJECT: |
gJapan,
My Wife, and My Life in the Foreign Serviceh |
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 We
welcome as our speaker an experienced American professional diplomat,
Mr. George Novinger, from the U.S. Dept. of State, L.A., who knows
and loves Japan.
He will share his thoughts on Japan,
his Japanese wife, and his life as an American diplomat.
Originally from California, George returned to L.A. as
Regional Director of the Office of Foreign Missions, Los Angeles
(OFM/LA), DOS, in July 2010.
We are lucky to have George who is such a
fan of Japan, serving as an official in such a significant
position as the Director of the regional
DOS office in L.A.
We expect to learn much and be enlightened by
listening to what George has to say about his life and Japan.
We also hope that this program will help connect the JA community
with George and allow us to forge an enduring friendship for the
years ahead.
(Due to the limitation of space and seating, we will
only be able to accommodate the first 50 reservations, and as
such, we would recommend that you make reservations as soon as
possible. Your understanding will be greatly appreciated.)
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GEORGE NOVINGER - Brief Resume
George has been a diplomat for the U.S.
Department of State as Foreign Service Officer, Management
Generalist, since 1989. He returned
to the Los Angeles area in July 2010,
and currently serves as Regional Director
of the Office of Foreign Missions, Los Angeles (OFM/LA).
He is the main point of contact for all foreign consulates
located in Southern California, Arizona,
Nevada, and Utah.
From 2008-2010, he served at the American Embassy in
Damascus, Syria as Deputy Chief
of Mission and Management Counselor. He was the Embassyfs
primary liaison with the Syrian Foreign Ministry on a variety
of issues, including acquisition of a New Embassy Compound
(NEC), coordinating visits of Congressional Delegations, and
the return of an American ambassador to Syria.
From 2007-08, he earned a second Master's Degree in
National Resource Strategy at the Industrial College of the
Armed Forces at National Defense University
in Washington, D.C.
From 2004-2007, he served as Supervisory General Services
Officer at American Embassy Seoul.
He coordinated the Embassyfs administrative support for the 2005
APEC/Presidential visit in Busan, brokered an agreement with the
Korean government and U.S. Forces Korea to swap land for a New
Embassy Compound, and established an American Presence Post (mini-Consulate)
in Busan.
From 2002-2004, he served as a Special Assistant to
the Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Departmentfs Administrative
Bureaufs Operations Office (A/OPR). Major issues he handled
were: anthrax decontamination effort at the Departmentfs main
mail facility, emergency planning/preparedness for Statefs
domestic facilities in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, performance
metrics, improved security for overseas gsoft targetsh (schools,
churches and other places Americans go), and IT security measures
for the Bureau.
From 1999-2002, he served as Consular/Administrative
Chief at the American Consulate General Naha
in Okinawa, Japan. He coordinated preparations for
the 2000 G-8 Summit/Presidential visit, and led the American
Consulatefs response to the 9/11 and anthrax terror incidents.
He also served as Public Affairs Officer for nearly a year,
and worked with the US military to help present their presence
on Okinawa in a positive light.
From 1997-99, he was Management and Consular Chief
at American Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.
From 1994-97, he was Supervisory General Services Officer
in Asuncion, Paraguay, and from 1992-94 he was Administrative
Officer at American Consulate General
Osaka. From 1989-91, he served his first tour
in Hong Kong as a vice consul
and refugee coordinator for 55,000 Vietnamese boat people.
Previous to joining the Foreign Service, he was a high
school teacher, swim coach and choral director in Glendale,
California (1979-82 and 1987-89) and in Tokyo,
Japan (1983-86).
In addition to his recent Masterfs Degree from National Defense
University, he earned a Bachelorfs Degree in Music (1978)
and a Masterfs Degree in Music Education (1979), both from
Occidental College, and he holds a California
State Teaching Credential.
Georgefs languages are English, Japanese,
Spanish, and some French and Korean.
Michiko is his wife of 27 years,
and his daughter Saya is a senior
at Occidental College. |
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Place: |
JACCC
(Cultural Room on 5th Floor)
244 S. San Pedro St.. Los Angeles, CA 90012 |
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Admission: |
$10
(Students: $5) at Front Table (Refreshment) |
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ContactF |
Toshio
"Terry" Handa
Tel 626-795-1636, Fax 626-795-2596 (Emergency Cell. 626-2333-443) |
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 Pasadena
Seminar has been presenting seminars as a non-profit community
activity since 2003 and donating all the annual proceeds to Keiro
and LTSC. In 2010, the Seminar ended up with $980 net revenue.
As done in former years, Pasadena Seminar sent donations for 2010
as follows:
$490 to Keiro Senior Health Care
$490 to LTSC's Nikkei Help Line (Inochi no Denwa)
These were modest amounts (due to only a few seminars
held in 2010) but Pasadena Seminar is pleased to report that the
revenue was returned beneficially to the community.
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