| INVITE: USUBC MEETING WITH JOHN TEFFT, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE |
U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC) YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND a meeting of the business/investor members of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), with John F. Tefft, Ambassador of the United States to Ukraine. The private, by invitation only, USUBC meeting with the Ambassador will be held on Monday, March 12, 2012 from 1:15 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Washington, D.C. Ambassador John Tefft will bring opening remarks followed by an open Q&A/discussion session. If you are not able to attend please invite one of your colleagues to attend the meeting. We would very much like to have your company/firm represented at the meeting. If there are special issues you wish for USUBC to raise at the meeting please let us know. RSVP: Please RSVP your attendance or the attendance of one of your colleagues ASAP to Morgan Williams, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BIO: U.S. AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE JOHN F. TEFFT John F. Tefft, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, was confirmed to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Ukraine on Friday, November 20, 2009. Ambassador Tefft was nominated by President Barack Obama on September 30, 2009 to be Ambassador to Ukraine. A hearing on his nomination was held on October 8, 2009 by the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. John F. Tefft has been a career Foreign Service Officer for 37 years. He most recently served as United States Ambassador to the Republic of Georgia from 2005-2009. Prior to that assignment Mr. Tefft served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs and was responsible for US relations with Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. From 2003-2005 Mr. Tefft was the International Affairs Advisor at the National War College in Washington, DC. He served as the United States Ambassador to Lithuania from 2000 to 2003. He was Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Moscow from 1996 to 1999, and served as Charge d’affaires from November 1996 to September 1997. His other Foreign Service assignments include: Jerusalem, Budapest and Rome. Mr. Tefft holds a Bachelors Degree from Marquette University and a Masters Degree from Georgetown University. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
