Join us Thursday, October 1st at 12:15pm for a Conversations Lunch at Garrett Hall with Anne W. Patterson.

Anne W. Patterson was the Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs at the Department of State from 2013 to 2017. She served as Ambassador to Egypt (2011-2013), to Pakistan (2007-2010), to Colombia (2000-2003) and to El Salvador (1997-2000). She was named as one of Foreign Policy’s Top Global Thinkers in 2011. She was awarded the Secretary’s Distinguished Service Award in 2008 and 2011 and the Presidential Distinguished Service Award in 2006. Patterson was a member of the National Defense Strategy Commission in 2019 and a senior fellow at the Jackson School at Yale in 2017 and 2022. She graduated from Wellesley College.

Please note this event is only for current UVA students, and registration is limited to 15 students.  We hope to see you there!