Discussion with Ambassador Alberto M. Fernandez

Thursday, November 12, 2020 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EST

A decorated Foreign Service Officer with the rank of Minister-Counselor, Ambassador Fernandez was President of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN) from 2017-2020. He is currently Vice President of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), a position he also held from 2015-2017. Over the course of his career, Ambassador Fernandez has held multiple major appointments, including Head of the State Department’s Coordinator for the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications from 2012 to 2015, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea from 2009 to 2012, U.S. Charge d’Affaires to the Republic of Sudan from 2007 to 2009, Director for Near East Public Diplomacy from 2005 to 2007, Director for Iraq Public Diplomacy from 2004 to 2005, Senior public diplomacy positions at the U.S. Embassies in Afghanistan, Jordan, Syria, and Guatemala, Foreign Service officer in Kuwait, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and the United Arab Emirates, USIA desk officer for Egypt, Yemen, and Sudan. For his service over the decades he has received the Presidential Meritorious Service Award (2008), the Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Public Diplomacy (2006), and Superior Honor Award for his work in Afghanistan (2003). His performance also garnered Senior Foreign Service performance recognition in 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, and 2002.

For more info see: “MEMRI Welcomes The Return Of Vice President Amb. Alberto M. Fernandez,” AP. June 23, 2020. https://apnews.com/press-release/accesswire/a80edc07ec11fab5daa504e9f1c3363b.

Ambassador Fernandez will speak with students in Dr. Nathaniel Greenberg’s advanced Arabic media seminar: Debates & Context (351/355). The talk will be in Arabic and English and is open to the GMU public. Please contact Dr. Greenberg with any questions.

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