Veteran Diplomat Bob Smolik to Speak on "Our Future Globalization" at the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club Meeting on May 19, 2016
Posted by Bob Nelson
on May 19, 2016
Bob Smolik, a vet
eran diplomat, represented the United States at embassies throughout Europe and at international organizations such as the United Nations, NATO, and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. As political advisor to U.S. military commanders in Europe and Africa, he worked in conflict mediation. As an economic diplomat, he has helped to open foreign markets to U.S. investors and traders on a fair and equal basis. During academic years 2005-2007 he was faculty member at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and faculty fellow at Telluride House. As an international lecturer on anti-corruption and good governance, he has worked in more than 30 countries throughout Latin America, Africa, and Europe. He engages audiences with passion and expertise, offering a look “behind the scenes” at how foreign cultures view the world. Bob holds graduate degrees from Berkeley and Harvard, an undergraduate degree from Cornell, and he is fluent in five Romance languages.
eran diplomat, represented the United States at embassies throughout Europe and at international organizations such as the United Nations, NATO, and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. As political advisor to U.S. military commanders in Europe and Africa, he worked in conflict mediation. As an economic diplomat, he has helped to open foreign markets to U.S. investors and traders on a fair and equal basis. During academic years 2005-2007 he was faculty member at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and faculty fellow at Telluride House. As an international lecturer on anti-corruption and good governance, he has worked in more than 30 countries throughout Latin America, Africa, and Europe. He engages audiences with passion and expertise, offering a look “behind the scenes” at how foreign cultures view the world. Bob holds graduate degrees from Berkeley and Harvard, an undergraduate degree from Cornell, and he is fluent in five Romance languages.