密歇根州立大学丹佛 president to serve on State Department advisory group

2022年6月22日

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers a speech on American Leadership on Climate, 在安纳波利斯, Maryland on April 19, 2021.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers a speech on American Leadership on Climate, 在安纳波利斯, Maryland on April 19, 2021. State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/Public Domain

Metropolitan State University of 丹佛 President Janine Davidson, Ph.D., has been chosen to serve on the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board, which delivers independent policy and diplomacy advice to the department.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken chose Davidson to serve on the board led by co-chairs Thomas Donilon and Cecilia Muñoz. 的 State Department announcement said the board will focus on issues such as “emerging technologies, climate and energy, international economics, global health and strategic competition with the People’s Republic of China.”

Before becoming president of 密歇根州立大学丹佛, Davidson served as the 32nd undersecretary of the U.S. Navy, a position she was appointed to by then-President Barack Obama. Davidson also served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for plans from 2009-12 and began her career as an Air Force officer and cargo pilot, where she was the first woman to fly the Air Force’s tactical C-130.

Davidson is also the interim chair of the Department of Defense Policy Board, which she joined in December 2021.

Joining Davidson on the Foreign Affairs Policy Board are members David Autor, Sameer Bhalotra, 哈尔品牌, Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar, 米切尔E. 丹尼尔斯小., 凯茜法因戈尔德, 玛格丽特汉堡, 洪博培(Jon Huntsman), Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, 肯尼, 吉尔曼路易, 凯瑟琳·马赫, 詹姆斯艾, 梅根·L. O’Sullivan, Annise Parker and Vincent Stewart.