Dear Colleague:
You are invited to attend a meeting of the Korea Club on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. The event will feature Ambassador Andrew Natsios who will give a presentation entitled “The Transformation of North Korea?”
Ambassador Andrew S. Natsios, Co-chair of the Committee for Human Rights in NorthKorea, is Executive Professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University.
From January 13, 2006 to June 2012, Ambassador Natsios served on the faculty of the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. From May 1, 2001 to January 12, 2006, he served as Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the leading US government agency conducting international economic development and humanitarian assistance. During this period he managed USAID’s reconstruction programs in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Sudan, which totaled more than $14 billion over four years. President Bush also appointed him Special Coordinator for International Disaster Assistance and Special Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan.Natsios also served as U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan from October 2006 to December 2007.Natsios has served previously at USAID, first as director of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance from 1989 to 1991 and then as assistant administrator for the Bureau for Food and Humanitarian Assistance (now the Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance) from 1991 to January 1993. After serving 23 years in the U.S. Army Reserves as a civil affairs officer, Natsios retired in 1995 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He is a veteran of the Gulf War.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Reception will begin at 6:30pm, followed by a buffet dinner at 7:00 pm, and the speaker’s presentation and Q & A session. The program will conclude at 9:00 pm. The cost of the dinner is $20.00, payable at the door by either check or cash. RSVP is required for this program. WHEN YOU SEND YOUR RSVP, PLEASE SPECIFY WHETHER YOU WILL NEED SHUTTLE SERVICE FROM AND TO DUNN LORING METRO WITH YOUR ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL.
To register for this program or for further questions, please e-mail your confirmation to Linda Kim, KEI’s Director for Programs (l[email protected]).
WOO LAE OAK RESTAURANT IN TYSONS CORNER
The evening program will be held at Woo Lae Oak Korean restaurant in Tysons Corner—see address above. The program will start at 6:30 pm with a cash bar, set up inside theKorea Club conference room on the 2nd floor of the restaurant. For more information on Woo Lae Oak, please take a few minutes to visit the restaurant’s website:http://www.woolaeoak.com.
FOR DRIVERS
Woo Lae Oak is conveniently located in the heart of Tysons Corner. If you need assistance locating the restaurant, please call the restaurant (703-827-7300). Ample free parking is available in the restaurant’s multi-storey parking garage.
FOR METRO RIDERS
Orange Line stop at Dunn Loring-Merrifield. The restaurant is 3 miles north of Dunn Loring Metro. Between 6 pm and 7 pm, an HRNK intern holding a Korea Club sign will be greeting Korea Club members at the ground level of Dunn Loring Metro Station—there is only one exit. Vehicles provided by Woo Lae Oak Restaurant will be on stand-by in front of Dunn Loring Metro between 6 pm and 7 pm, to drive metro riders to the restaurant. Shuttle service back to Dunn Loring Metro will also be provided after the conclusion of the program at 9 pm.
Korea Club Directors
Jim Kelman (KUSCO) Greg Scarlatoiu (HRNK) Linda Kim (KEI)
(703) 568-6987 (202) 499-7973 (857) 373-9110
