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SUMMARY:Strategic Security Issues for the 21st Century with Nicholas Eftimaides
DESCRIPTION:For video playback\, click HERE \nSponsored by: Sam and Rosie DeWald\nNicholas Eftimiades recently retired from the US Department of Defense. His 34 year government career includes employment in CIA as a Technical Operations Officer\, Special Agent in the US Department of State\, Bureau of Diplomatic Security\, and a Senior Intelligence Officer in Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Mr. Eftimiades held positions in analysis\, human and technical intelligence collection\, and program management. He had overseas assignments in Vienna\, Frankfurt\, Moscow\, London\, and Tokyo. His long career in DIA includes senior assignments as the Chief of Counterterrorism Operations\, Transnational Issues Division\, Futures Division\, and Space Division. He has been awarded the National Intelligence Council Achievement Award and DIA Director’s Intelligence Award – that agency’s highest recognition of achievement. He distinguished himself numerous times in the senior ranks of the intelligence and defense communities. As a subject matter expert Nick was called upon to provide Congressional testimony and briefings to the Cox Commission\, the Joint Economic Committee\, President’s Commission on the Moon\, Mars\, and Beyond\, and individual meetings with Congressional Members and staff. \nMr. Eftimiades was also a Senior Research Fellow at King’s College War Studies Department\, London UK. He has an M.S. Strategic Intelligence\, National Defense Intelligence College; and a B.A. East Asian Studies\, George Washington University. Mr. Eftimiades has authored books and number of scholarly articles on national security\, technology\, and space issues. Nick’s book “Chinese Intelligence Operations\,” is an examination of the structure\, operations\, and methodology of the intelligence services of the People’s Republic of China. To date\, it remains the only scholarly analysis of China’s intelligence services and operational methodology. \nNick is a frequent lecturer and public speaker on future technology\, space\, and national security issues. He has appeared as an expert on CBS Evening News\, Dateline NBC\, ABC’s Day One\, BBC\, BBC America\, National Public Radio\, and dozens of other television and radio broadcasts. He has been quoted in hundreds of newspapers and magazines across the world. \nExpertise: Intelligence Operations\, Terrorist Operations\, National Security Space\, Diplomacy\, Asia Security issues \n  \nTo Register:\nCall (610) 375-7880 or email contactus@wacreading.org \nCost to attend:\nMembers $23\nNon-Members $30\nWithout Meal $10\nAmbassadors Included
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/nicholas-eftimaides/
LOCATION:McGlinn Conference Center\, 460 Saint Bernardine Street\, Reading\, PA\, 19607\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Continuing Impact of Environmental Issues and Changes in the World Climate with Cathy Curran Meyers & David Osgood
DESCRIPTION:Cathy Curran Myers\, JD\nCathy Curran Myers is a member of the faculty of Alvernia University\, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in environmental sustainability\, public policy\, conflict resolution\, leadership and law\, and serving as the program coordinator for the MA in Leadership degree. Prior to her appointment at Alvernia\, Ms. Myers was the Executive Director of the Bucknell University Environmental Center for interdisciplinary research\, scholarship and teaching of environmental perspectives and sustainability. Ms. Myer’s career in environmental law and policy spans three decades and includes executive level management in government\, business\, and academia. \nHer government service included serving as Deputy Secretary for Water Management in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP)\, where she shaped the water policy of the commonwealth from 2003-2009. During her tenure Ms. Myers represented Governor Rendell on interstate water resource agencies\, from the Great Lakes to the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware River Basin. In 2003 Ms. Myers had the distinction of leading the Pennsylvania delegation in the international negotiations that culminated in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact and Sustainable Water Resources Agreement. \nIn addition to 20 years of public service\, Ms. Myers spent a decade practicing environmental law as a partner in a major Philadelphia law firm\, and launched and led their Harrisburg office. \nShe received her BA in Environmental Economics and an MA degree in Environmental Biology from Smith College and her JD from Dickinson School of Law . Ms. Myers is trained as a mediator\, and is the immediate past Chair of the City of Reading Environmental Advisory Council. \nDavid Osgood\nDavid received his PhD in Environmental Science from University of Virginia. His research has focused on natural marsh development on Mid-Atlantic and SE US barrier islands with an emphasis on hydrology\, nutrient dynamics\, and their influence on the developing plant community. His background also includes study of Phragmites and other non-native plant species and their impact on the marsh ecosystem. More recently\, he conducts research on restoration of headwater streams and floodplain wetlands of coastal watersheds of the Mid-Atlantic US. He has traveled regularly throughout Latin America where he teaches and conducts research into conservation of natural resources in a cultural context. He is a full professor at Albright College in Reading Pennsylvania where he serves as director of the environmental science program and teaches classes on issues in environmental science\, principles of ecology\, wetlands ecology\, watershed hydrology\, and Latin America and the environment. \n  \nTo Register:\nCall (610) 375-7880 or email contactus@wacreading.org \nCost to attend:\n$10 all attendees
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/climate-change-with-cathy-curran-meyers/
LOCATION:Wyomissing Restaurant & Bakery\, 1245 Penn Ave\, Wyomissing\, PA\, 19610\, United States
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