COLONEL PHILIP J. CROWLEY - SPECIAL SEACOAST PROGRAM!
Online registration closed; tickets available at door
Tuesday, May 20th
5:30 PM
Kittery Community Center, 120 Rogers Road, Kittery, Maine 03904
Featuring Colonel Philip J. Crowley addressing "Foreign Policy, Public Opinion & Power in the 21st Century"
Read the latest from PJ on:
Nigerian girls kidnapped
President Obama's foreign policy
Tickets: $10 General Admission; $5 student
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Program
5:30 PM- Welcome: Anna Berry, Executive Director of the World Affairs Council
Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey D. Thomson, Vice Chair of the Kittery Community Center & Kittery Town Council Chairman
Keynote Remarks: PJ Crowley
Moderated Q&A and Discussion
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SPONSORS:
Diane & Alan Fairbanks
David & Jean Lincoln
Anne & Vance Morgan
Mark & Sharon Sykas
Proceeds benefit the World Affairs Council's mission to promote global education and understanding.
About Philip J. Crowley
Philip J. (P.J.) Crowley is the Omar Bradley Chair of Strategic Leadership at Dickinson College, the Penn State Dickinson School of Law and School of International Affairs, and the Army War College. P.J. is also a fellow at the Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication within the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University.
He appears frequently as a national security commentator on global television networks, including as a contributor to Al Jazeera English and the BBC. He is also a regular columnist for The Daily Beast.
P.J. was nominated by President Obama as the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs in 2009 and confirmed by the United States Senate. He served as the Assistant Secretary and Spokesman at the Department of State until March 2011. He was the primary U.S. government interlocutor with major media regarding the release of classified diplomatic cables by Wikileaks.
Before joining the Obama administration, P.J. was a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, with a particular focus on homeland security in the aftermath of 9/11. He authored several national security studies, including Safe at Home, a detailed homeland security strategy to protect the American homeland, improve national preparedness and rebuild U.S. standing in the world. He remains engaged on these issues as a participant in the Aspen Institute Homeland Security Group.
During the Clinton administration, P.J. was Special Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security Affairs on the staff of the National Security Council. He also served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. Crowley spent 26 years in the Air Force, retiring at the rank of colonel in September 1999. He is a veteran of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. During the Kosovo conflict, he worked under Javier Solana, then Secretary General of NATO, helping to develop a strategic communication capability in support for the NATO campaign.
A native of Massachusetts, P.J. is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross. He is married to Paula E. Kougeas, also a retired Air Force colonel and now a teacher. They have two children and live in Alexandria, Virginia.
