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SAVE THE DATE
GOVERNOR'S STATE OF THE INTERNATIONAL STATE LUNCHEON
WEDNESDAY
APRIL 6, 2011
The Ritz Carlton, Phoenix
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2010 - 2011
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JANUARY 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 (Dinner)
Andrew Nagorski
Vice President, East West Institute
Paradise Valley Country Club
By PCFR Member John Roberts
FEBRUARY 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 (Dinner)
Ambassador
Namik Tan
By PCFR Member Phyllis Kaminsky, Ed Kirdar, and Aykut Ozel
MARCH 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 (Dinner)
Abe Lowenthal,
Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California
Gainey Ranch
Golf Club
By PCFR Member Susan Shultz | |
APRIL 6, 2011
Governor's State of the International State Address
The Ritz Carlton, Phoenix |
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PCFR Member Directory
The deadline to submit any updates to your membership information for inclusion in the 2010-2011 Member Directory is Monday, December 20th. Please email conni@pcfraz.org. If you have not yet renewed your membership and would like to be included in the 2010-2011 Member Directory, please renew by Monday, December 20th. Click here to renew online.
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PCFR Partner Events
World Trade Forum III
Join us for this annual international trade forum moderated by Snell & Wilmer partner, Brett W. Johnson. This is an opportunity to hear top government officials from local, state, and national levels reflect on what has happened in 2010 and discuss the outlook for 2011 with regard to global trade, government efforts and programs to stimulate international trade, and how all of this will impact Arizona.
CONFERENCE LOCATION
Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., One Arizona Center, 400 E. Van Buren, 19th, Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Validate parking provided for grage at 5th Street and Fillmore.
RSVP by January 14th to rsvp@swlaw.com or 602-382-6599.
VIDEO CONFERENCE LOCATION
Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., One South Church Avenue, Suite 1500, Tucson, Arizona 85701
Validated parking accessed at underground parking garage from eastbound Broadway.
RSVP by January 14th to Sara Williams at smwilliams@swlaw.com or 520-882-1355. |
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 President's Letter
Dear PCFR Members and Friends:
As we near the end of 2010 let's take the opportunity to validate what's good about our organization. By joining the group, we've indicated that our antennae are sensitive to the buzz of public affairs. That's a good thing. We like-no we NEED to know what's going on and that's why we attend meetings.
By attending the meetings, we've also demonstrated our choice not to be rubber stamps. Each of us brings something unique to the table, and we know we're allowed to express ourselves in conversation before the event or during the Q & A. Personal individuality makes the Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations so special. The glue of our bond is that we're hooked on lifelong learning. We grow from our interaction with each other just as we learn from our guest speakers.
Let me once again recommend that when time permits, you look into serving on one of the committees responsible for producing a successful season of a non-profit organization. It takes a Program Committee to identify topics and speakers from the available options. It takes a Membership Committee to manage the flow of applications with which to sustain the organization's optimum numbers. (But of course, we rely on our members to recommend qualified new members. Please think who you can invite to a meeting in the new year.)The Membership Committee also identifies our full scholarship recipients in the honorary student member category.
PCFR is a non profit so it takes a Development Committee to establish relationships with very necessary financial supporters of our Scholarship program. The Development Committee also insures sponsorships for students from local graduate schools to atend events, which of course brings us potential future members, once those students graduate.
It takes a Communications Committee to keep up with technological developments linking PCFR to the membership and the media.
It takes a Board of Directors to maintain the high standards for which PCFR has always been recognized.
And most of all, it takes a dedicated team in the office of the Executive Director to process operations. What arrives in chaos, exits in harmony. That's a real coup.
As we look towards 2011, let us give thanks that we have each other in this most difficult world.
With gratitude to PCFR and you all,
Optimistically,
Susie B. Lavenson,
President |
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NEW! Special Membership Opportunities
We encourage you to consider these special membership opportunities: (if not this year, consider upgrading next year!)
Pre-Paid Meal Member - $800.00
Includes an Annual Active Membership with all meetings pre-paid.
Cabinet Member - $1,600.00
Includes an Annual Active Membership, all meetings pre-paid, annual directory status recognition, select pre-meeting receptions when available, rotated head table seating and/or reserved seating at a preferred table for up to 4 places (guests to pay normal guest fee).
Gold Corporate Member - $3,500.00
Includes all Cabinet level perks plus: a logo and link on website, logo on all materials and e-mailers, signage at all meetings, 5 guest tickets for the year.
Platinum Corporate Member - $5,000.00
Includes all Gold level perks plus: 10 guest tickets for the year, spouse member meal complimentary at each meeting.
Sponsor Opportunities:
Meeting Sponsor - $2,500
Governor's Lunch - starting at $2,500
Please see our Development Brochure or call Conni Ingallina at 602-441-4967. |
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Member Spotlight - Shoshana Tancer
Ms. Tancer is a native of New York, New York. She received her B.A. from Barnard College and her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. Concentrating in Latin American Politics and Economic Development, Ms. Tancer was awarded her Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University.
She is a practicing immigration attorney at Tancer Law Firm, PLC and is currently a Professor Emeritus at Thunderbird School of Global Management, where she had served as Director of the NAFTA Center. Ms. Tancer has taught Comparative Constitutional Law and Practice at the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña in the Dominican Republic. As a professor at Thunderbird, she developed courses on NAFTA, Latin America, Global Resources, Negotiation, Telecommunications, and Doing Business in the United States, Mexico and Canada. She has testified before the United States International Trade Commission on issues concerning NAFTA.
Ms. Tancer worked as translator for the firm of Allende & Brea, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she concentrated on issues of international business and contract law. Since coming to Arizona, Ms. Tancer's legal practice has been focused on international transactions and immigration.
Ms. Tancer has an extensive history of active participation in the community. She is a founding member of the Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations, Charter 100, Arizona Women in International Trade, Arizonans for Jobs and Energy, the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, and the Phoenix Commission on the Status of Women, of which she became Chair. Ms. Tancer is also a founding member of the Arizona International Lawyers Group. Ms. Tancer was the first female Vice President of the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce. She served as Vice President of the United Way and has been a member of Arizona Business Leadership, the Board of Visitors of Stanford University Libraries, the Board of Visitors of the University of Arizona Law School, and the National Advisory Board of the Eller School of Business Administration at the University of Arizona. She was the first woman elected to the Board of FINOVA, where she chaired the Audit Committee. She was also on the Board of Directors of Mountain Bell and three subsidiaries of Meracor, NYSE companies.
She has been active in the American Immigration Lawyers Association, where she has been an officer of the Arizona chapter, and has served as a mentor for business immigration issues to the Association's national membership.
In addition to her practice and community involvement, Ms. Tancer's interests revolve around her family, traveling, golf, the opera and theater. Ms. Tancer has long been an "AV" rated attorney in Martindale-Hubbell and Pre-eminent Lawyers in America. She was included in a 1999 publication of Arizona State University, "Arizona's Pioneering Women in Law." |
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Honorary Student Member - Eric Boone
by Jonathan Kaufman, PCFR HSM Chair
Eric Boone is a 36 year old native of California. Professionally, Eric has eight years of combined Fortune 500 experience with SBS and Verizon Communications, where his focus was on the marketing/product management aide of the publication arm of both companies. Relocating to Moscow, Russia, in 2005 germinated the seed of global citizenship for Eric that was planted during his undergraduate degree in London, England. Eric's enterpreneurial vein trumped his Fortune 500 pedigree and as he spent his time in Russia consulting in the commercial real estate market. Eric returned to the U.S. to pursue graduate studies at Thunderbird School of Global Management. He currently resides in Glendale, Arizona, with his wife Maria. Eric enjoys international travel, physical fitness and wine appreciation. He is currently an equity partner in Synergy Management Group, which specializes in venture consulting for U.S. based start-ups.
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