Consular Corps College Webinars

US National Guard State Partnership Program
Colonel Mathew Wenthe, Chief of National Guard Bureau International Affairs Division

Colonel Wenthe Powerpoint

For further questions about the National Guard State Partnership Program, feel free to contact Col. Wenthe at mathew.c.wenthe.mil@mail.mil or mathew.c.wenthe.mil@mail.smil.mil
For more information about the State Partnership Program, please click here.
If you would like to find which U.S. state is partnered with your country, please click here.

Best Practices for Regional Corps
Peter Longstreth, President, Consular Corps Association of Philadelphia, Honorary Consul, Uruguay
Martin Rauchbauer, Dean, San Fransisco Consular Corps, First Austrian Tech Ambassador, Silicon Valley, Austrian Consul San Fransisco, Co-Director of Open Austria

For further questions for the San Francisco Consular Corps, please visit www.sfconsularcorps.org or contact martin.rauchbauer@bmeia.gv.at.
For further questions for the Consular Corps Association of Philadelphia, please visit www.ccaphila.org or contact president@ccaphila.org.

Norway: Capitalism with a Heart?
Anniken Krutnes, Norwegian Ambassador

For further questions for Amb. Krutnes, please contact the Ambassador's personal assistant ann.kristin.haugen@mfa.no

Biden Foreign Policy: First 100 Days
Bob Kaplan, Chair Geopolitics, Foreign Policy Research Institute

For more information about Bob Kaplan, please visit www.Robertdkaplan.com.
For upcoming FPRI events, please visit www.Fpri.org/events.

Dignitary and VIP Protection
Sgt. Katherine Schwartz-Choy, SFPD Dignitary Protection Unit, Airport Bureau

Sgt. Schwartz-Choy's Powerpoint

For further questions for Sgt. Schwartz-Choy, please do so via sfpdvip@ifysfo.com.

Sister Cities
Sherman Banks, Past Chair of Sister Cities International, HC of Ghana
Robert Braubach, HC of Namibia

Sherman Banks Powerpoint
Sherman Banks Article

For more information about Sister Citires International (SCI), please click here.
Sherman Banks sbanks@aristotle.net
Robert Baubach braubach@sbcglobal.net
www.RobertpBraubach.com
Sister Cities has developed a Country Representative Committee. To find out more about this and identify a country of interest, you can contact Gayle Stallings or Leroy Allala at ColoSCI@gmail.com or leroy@sistercities.org.

Introduction to the UNITAR Executive Diploma on Diplomatic Law for Honorary Consuls
Dr. Anna Sabrina Wollmann, International Law Programme, Division for Multilateral Diplomacy, United Nations Institute for Training and Research
Martha Vera, Honorary Consul of Spain in El Paso

Anna Wollman Powerpoint

For more information about Unitar’s upcoming programs, please click here for the latest brochure about their 2021 offerings.
For more information about the Core Hospitality Training Course mentioned during the webinar, please click here.
Dr. Wollmann’s email: Anna.WOLLMANN@unitar.org
HC Vera’s Email: Consulspain@gmail.com
Unitar’s Website: https://unitar.org/sustainable-development-goals/multilateral-diplomacy.

Collaborating with the Enemy: How to Work with People You Don't Agree with or Like or Trust
Adam Kahane, Director, Reos Partners

For any further questions, please connect with Reos Partners and Adam Kahane’s office below:
Connect via Twitter @adamkahane
Connect via Email kahane@reospartners.com
For more information about Reos Partners, please visit www.reospartners.com.
Sign up for Reos Partner’s newsletter here: https://reospartners.wufoo.com/forms/reos-partners-mailing-list/

Meet the CCC Executive Board
Louis Vella, Honorary Consul of Malta, Dean, Consular Corps College
Cynthia Gutierrez,  Honorary Consul of Brazil, Vice Dean, Consular Corps College
Kathleen Blakely, Honorary Consul General of Japan in Las Vegas, Secretary, Consular Corps College
Todd Wiebusch, Honorary Consul of Finland, Treasurer, Consular Corps College

Louis Vella, Dean malteseconsulate@yahoo.com
Cynthia Gutierrez cynthia@ccglaw.net
Kathleen Blakely hcgjlasvegas@gmail.com
Todd Wiebusch twiebusch@chmgcapital.com

Foreign Policy, Intelligence, and Counterintelligence Forecast
Rollie Flynn, President, Foreign Research Policy Institute (FPRI)

For any further questions, please feel free to get in touch using Cflynn@fpri.org.

Annual Address of the U.S. State Dept. Office of Foreign Missions to the Consular Corps College
Cliff Seagroves, Director, Acting, Office of Foreign Missions

For more about the State Department's Office of Foreign Missions, please visit www.state.gov/ofm or their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ofmdc.
For a visual of OFM's regional offices and what areas of the country they cover, please click here.
For more information on how OFM communicates with the foreign mission community, please consider signing up for OFM's mailing list here.
For any further questions, please feel free to get in touch using OFMAssistants@state.gov.

The U.S. Election and Potential International Law Policy Priorities and Challenges in the Next Administration
Bruce Zagaris, Esq; Partner, Berliner Corcoran and Rowe

Bruce Zagaris Powerpoint

If you have any further questions for Bruce Zagaris, please feel free to contact him directly at bzagaris@bcr-dc.com.
For more information about the Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) issue, please see this article that Bruce Zagaris authored.
For a look at how Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition responded to Bruce Zagaris' PEPs article, please visit https://thefactcoalition.org/fact-sent-comments-to-anprm-on-aml-program-effectiveness/.

International Economic Development and Trade Promotion: An Overview of National and State Resources for Consuls and Honorary Consuls
Andy Karellas, Executive Director, State International Development Organizations (SIDO)
Tricia Van Orden, US Department of Commerce’s Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC)
David Briel, Executive Director, International Investment, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Andy Karellas Powerpoint
Tricia Van Orden Powerpoint

For more information about the resources mentioned during their discussion, please visit:
An overview of local trade partners and resources:


SelectUSA (investment resources):
Gold Key Service https://www.trade.gov/gold-key-service
The following cluster mapping tool will help identify cities and counties where there already exists a suitable labor pool with the appropriate expertise: http://clustermapping.us/cluster#clusters-list
Furniture cluster map: http://clustermapping.us/cluster/furniture
One of the things that state and city officials assist with are explanations of tax incentives, which can be compared at a high level using the "State Business Incentives Database." All incentives can be searched by program, business need, industry and geography on this site: http://selectusa.stateincentives.org/?referrer=selectusa

Digital Diplomacy
Shaila Manyam, Sr. VP, Public Affairs & Crisis, Burson Cohn & Wolfe

Shaila Manyam Powerpoint

Twiplomacy: www.twiplomacy.com
Arab Youth Survey: https://www.arabyouthsurvery.com/
BCW: https://bcw-global.com/
If you have any further questions for Shaila Manyam, please feel free to contact her at shaila.manyam@bcw-global.com.

Consular Notification and Access

Consular Notification and Access Powerpoint