Ilir Zherka, Executive Director of the Alliance for International Exchange, poses with PDC President Sherry Mueller at First Monday Forum on Feb. 3. Zherka backgrounded the audience on the Alliance's advocacy for its member organizations that carry out exchange of persons programs for the U.S. government and the private sector. Photo credit: Bruce Guthrie.

New officers were elected to serve the Public Diplomacy Council on May 6, 2019. From left to right: Anne Barbaro, treasurer; Peter Kovach, secretary; Sherry Lee Mueller, PhD., president; Ambassador Brian Carlson, vice president.

We call on Americans to reject efforts to demean the integrity, lives, and careers of our professionals and join together behind the democratic values that have earned our country admiration around the world. ....

Mike Pryor and Kahina Robinson, the Kathryn Davis Fellows at the Council of American Ambassadors, will meet with PDC members throughout this academic year to discuss professional growth.