Conversations Lunch with Joan Mower

Join us for a small group discussion focusing on Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communications with our guest, Joan Mower.

Joan Mower is the Director of Business Development Office at the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the U.S. Government agency which oversees the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia, Radio/TV Marti and the Middle East Broadcasting Corp. Her office handles partnerships with more than 4,000 broadcast and digital stations around the world, with offices in Cape Town, Accra, Bangkok and Prague. Ms. Mower has also been an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University. From 2007-2008, she was the spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State on Sudan issues. Before joining the USAGM, Ms. Mower served as the director of international programs/Africa and Latin America at The Freedom Forum/Newseum. She supervised offices in Johannesburg and Buenos Aires. At the foundation, she promoted press freedom. Ms. Mower has also served as a Foreign Service Officer. She began her career as a journalist. For 10 years she covered Washington for the Associated Press. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and holds an M.A. in African Studies from Johns Hopkins. 

September 19, 2024
12:00 (noon) *Lunch will be provided
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Registration will be capped at 15 students.