3/9/99: First Meeting of the Overseas Presence Advisory Panel

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U.S. Department of State
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Press Statement

Press Statement by James P. Rubin, Spokesman
March 9, 1999

First Meeting of the
Overseas Presence Advisory Panel
The Overseas Presence Advisory Panel had its first meeting at the State Department today. The Panel was established to make recommendations on how the State Department and the agencies supported through our overseas posts do their work.
The group was addressed by Secretary Albright, and received briefings from senior Department officials including the Under Secretaries for Political Affairs, Management and Economic Affairs.
The Panel will visit several overseas posts as part of its work in March and April. Initial recommendations will be completed in June 1999.
Lewis B. Kaden of New York chairs the Panel. Ambassador William Itoh, a career member of the Foreign Service, is the Executive Secretary. Admiral William Crowe has agreed to serve on the Panel to ensure continuity with the Accountability Review Boards he chaired. The following people have agreed to serve as members of the OPAP:
Lewis B. Kaden                      Peter Bell
Davis, Polk & Wardwell              President and CEO
OPAP Chairman                       CARE

Richard Calder                      Steven Colgate
Deputy Director for                 Assistant Attorney General
Administration                      Department of Justice 
Central Intelligence Agency


Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr.       Amb. Jeffrey Davidow
Chairman, Accountability Review     American Embassy Mexico City
Boards

Dr. Lynn E. Davis                   Thomas Fox
Senior Fellow,                      Assistant Administrator,
RAND Corporation                    Agency for International
                                    Development

Stephen Friedman                    Amb. Edward W. Gnehm, Jr.
Senior Principal                    Director General of the 
Marsh & McLennan Capital            Foreign Service and 
                                    Director of Personnel
                                    Department of State

Amb. Donald McHenry                 Amb. Langhorne A. Motley
IRC Group                           L.A. Motley and Company
Paul O’Neill                        William Poorvu
Chairman and CEO                    Harvard University
Alcoa, Inc.

VADM John Scott Redd, USN, Ret.     Amb. Felix Rohatyn
Department of Defense               American Embassy Paris

Mary Ryan                           Hon. David E. Skaggs
Assistant Secretary for             Former Member of 
Consular Affairs                    Congress
Department of State

John F. Welch                       Amb. William H. Itoh
Chairman and CEO                    OPAP Executive Secretary
General Electric
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