Carleton Bulkin
A Foreign Service Officer since 1998 and formerly a Fascell Fellow, Carleton Bulkin is a political officer who has served in Prague, Havana, Moscow, Budapest, and Kabul. He is currently the Deputy Director for NATO Operations in EUR/RPM. He was an AFSA representative in Moscow and Budapest.
Ako Cromwell
Ako is a DS Special Agent who joined the Foreign Service in 2004. He has been posted to the Miami Field Office and the protective details of Secretaries Rice and Clinton, which has taken him on numerous travel assignments. Prior to his diplomatic career, Ako spent twelve years in law enforcement.
Mary Glantz
Mary is serving as a political officer in EUR Russian Affairs following tours in Jerusalem and Baku.
Mike Haughey
An FSO since 2002, Mike is a Security Engineering Officer. He is currently a Section Chief in the Overseas Support Branch of DS. His previous posts include Moscow and Yaounde, Cameroon. Before joining the Foreign Service, he worked at Texas A&M University.
Les Hickman
Les's 27-year Consular career has included India, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan as well as interfunctional positions in the Department. A Crisis Management trainer, he helped evacuate 1400 Americans from Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. An AFSA member since 1982, he has served as Post Representative.
Bruce Matthews
Bruce is a Security Engineering Officer with 23 years of experience in the Foreign Service. His various assignments have taken him to England, Russia, and Greece in addition to numerous Stateside postings. He is currently in charge of the Quality and Liaison Section of DS Security Technology.
Ray Maxwell
Raymond Maxwell, who draws on a U.S. Navy background, became a Foreign Service management officer in 1992. He is the director of the Office of Regional Affairs in the Near Eastern Bureau, but has also served as deputy chief of mission and chargé d’affaires in Damascus and post management officer for East Africa, his all-time favorite job.
Joyce Namde
A Consular Officer by cone, Joyce Namde has served as post representative in two locations and on the AFSA Board from 2005-2007. Her overseas tours include London, Lagos, Manila, Ciudad Juarez and currently as Narcotics Affairs Director in Port au Prince. In Washington she served in OES and IO.
Lynn Nelson
Lynn currently serves in a double capacity as OMS and HR Assignment Technician in HR/EX/ASU, where she generates travel orders. Her previous assignments include Singapore and the EAP bureau, in addition to accompanying her FSO husband Paul in Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, and Mexico City.
Sharon N. White
A Foreign Service Officer since 1983, Sharon White has served as DCM in Tashkent, DPO in Ho Chi Minh City, and in POL, PD and Consular positions in Washington, Abidjan, Vienna, Brussels, Paris and Mexico City.