Dinsdag 7 maart 2023
Diplomatie, Openbaar bestuur & Politiek
Yvette van Eechoud - Kate Nanavatty
A Century of Dutch-American Relations
Together, The Netherland-America Foundation and the Royal IGC highlight a century of Dutch-American relations. During this interactive evening, both past and future will be discussed and themes such as International Women's Day. Yvette van Eechoud, director Western Hemisphere / Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, among others, will speak. The lecture and Q&A Session will be held in English.
We also welcome Kate Nanavatty, consul general of the United States of America in Amsterdam, as a speaker this evening.
Kate Nanavatty, a career U.S. foreign service officer, assumed her position as Consul General at the U.S. Consulate General in Amsterdam in July 2022. Kate's career at the U.S. Department of State encompasses domestic leadership positions, overseas tours in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, and teaching roles. Her domestic assignments include serving as Chief of Staff to former Deputy Secretary of State Ambassador John Sullivan and subsequently to former Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun. She also served as the Burma Desk Officer from 2010-2012.
As a Rusk Fellow, Kate taught graduate seminars at Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. She has also taught leadership courses at the State Department's Foreign Service Institute (FSI), including co-chairing the National Security Executive Leadership Seminar. She most recently served as the Acting Director of FSI's Leadership and Management School's Leadership and Executive Development Divisions.
Yvette van Eechoud From August 2020: Director Department Western Hemisphere, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2016-2020: Director, European and International Affairs Department, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. 2013-2016: Ambassador to the State of Qatar, Doha 2009-2013: Head, Economic and Development Cooperation Section, Netherlands Embassy Egypt, Cairo. 2005-2009: Royal Household | dep Private Secretary to TTRRHH Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima of the Netherlands. 2003-2005: European Integration Department, coordinator of NL 2004 EU Presidency, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 1999-2003: Senior Policy Officer Development Cooperation, Netherlands Embassy in South Africa, Pretoria. 1997-1999: Policy Officer Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) and Police and Judicial Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 1994-1997: Policy Officer Enterprise Policy, European Commission, Brussels.
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