WPS Certification Training: Turning Theory to Practice
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On July 18, 2022, the Biden administration released the U.S. Women, Peace, and Security Congressional Report 2022, which provides
a wealth of information about how the U.S. government continues to implement the WPS agenda throughout foreign and national security policy. Our expert facilitators will review the findings of the report and provide members with the tools to operationalize
WPS in ways that add value to contracts. This “how to” session will build participants’ capacity to integrate the WPS agenda across current and future contracts and grants, as well as highlighting practical steps your company can take to differentiate
itself as a WPS innovator.
The session will feature an expert panel including Ambassador Kelley Currie, former Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues at the U.S. Department of State, and Amy Mitchell, former Senior Advisor for Global Women’s Issues at State. The webinar
will be moderated by Michelle Quinn, Chair of ISOA’s WPS Committee. Panelist presentations will be followed by Q&A to give ISOA members an opportunity to get specific guidance and drill down on their current WPS challenges.
Participants are requested to read the report before attending the training: https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/US-Women-Peace-Security-Report-2022.pdf
Sponsored By
Eden Global
Speaker
Ambassador Kelley E. Currie
Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security
Throughout her career in foreign policy, Ambassador Kelley E. Currie has specialized in human rights, political reform, Women Peace and Security, development, and humanitarian issues, with a focus on the Indo-Pacific region. Ambassador Currie is currently
an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington D.C. think tank, and a Senior Advisor to the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue University. She is a member of the board of directors of the National
Endowment for Democracy; the board of governors of the East-West Center; and the advisory boards of Spirit of America and the Vandenberg Coalition.
Ambassador Currie was unanimously confirmed in December 2019 as Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues and the U.S. Representative at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and served in that position until January 2021. Prior to
that appointment, she served under Ambassador Nikki Haley as the U.S. Representative to the UN Economic and Social Council and Alternative Representative to the UN General Assembly (2017-2018). While awaiting confirmation between ambassadorial
appointments, she was appointed interim senior official in the Department of State’s Office of Global Criminal Justice. From 2009 until her appointment to the USUN leadership, she was a Senior Fellow with the Project 2049 Institute and
the founding Director of the Institute’s Burma Transition Initiative. Ambassador Currie also held senior policy positions with the U.S. Congress, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations.
Ambassador Currie received a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center with a focus on International Human Rights Law, and an undergraduate degree cum laude in Political Science from the University of Georgia’s School of Public and International
Affairs.
Speaker
Amy K. Mitchell
Former Senior Advisor for Global Women’s Issues at State
Amy K. Mitchell brings together more than twenty years of national security, diplomacy, international relations, and strategic communications experience across government, media and the non-profit sector.
Ms. Mitchell most recently served as a member of the Senior Executive Service at the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of State. As Special Assistant to Secretary of Defense, General James Mattis, she advised the Secretary on public diplomacy,
advanced the Department’s critical mission by forging international partnerships, and oversaw all high-level engagements and events. She was awarded the Distinguished Public Service Medal for her service, the Department’s highest honor.
As the Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor for the Office of Global Women’s Issues at the State Department, she advised the Department’s senior leadership on strategic diplomatic initiatives, including the implementation of the U.S. Women,
Peace, and Security agenda and women’s economic empowerment, specifically in the Indo-Pacific region. She represented the office in interagency policy processes and bilateral and multilateral diplomatic engagements, and drove implementation
of key policy decisions on China, Sudan, Sri Lanka, and other priority contexts.
During the George W. Bush administration, Ms. Mitchell was the director of special projects at the Department of Defense and the deputy director of communications of the U.S.-hosted 2004 G8 Summit in Sea Island, Georgia. She has also held senior communications
positions outside government, including Vice President of Communications for National Review; Director of Communications for the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs; Vice President of Public Affairs at the United Service Organizations
(USO); and Managing Editor of The American Spectator.
Amy K. Mitchell and his wife Kendra have three children. They reside on a family farm in Croom, Maryland.
Ms. Mitchell is currently a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at New Lines Institute, focused on human rights; a member of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition Foreign Policy Study Group; a strategic consultant to military and veterans service organizations;
and is on the board of Eagle Online Academy, which implements educational programs for Afghan women and girls. She is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara.