Subject: LIBYA: 6/1 and 6/7 Roundtables in New York and Washington with The Honorable Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador of the United States to Libya
From: "Meghan Hagberg" <[email-masked]>
To: "Meghan Hagberg" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 13:26:30 -0400

The Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) is pleased to announce briefings in New York and Washington, D.C. with

The Honorable Gene A. Cretz
Ambassador of the United States to Libya

In New York:
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

In Washington, DC:
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Member Cost: $35
Non-Member Cost: $70

Given his previous outreach to the American business community in the U.S. and in Libya, and the U.S. Embassy's past advocacy of U.S. businesses as they began to work in Libya and to explore possible opportunities, Ambassador Cretz wants to renew those contacts, give an assessment of the current situation, and address the future of Libya and potential future opportunities in a new Libya for U.S. business.

*Hosting Opportunities are available.  For more information on hosting or participation, please contact Meghan Hagberg via email or at 212-490-0460.*

Biographical Information

Gene A. Cretz has served as Ambassador of the United States to Libya since November 2008.  Prior to this position, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs from April 2008 to November 2008.

Ambassador Cretz was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel from 2004 to 2008. He served as Chargé d'Affairs and then as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, Syria from 2003 to 2004. Ambassador Cretz was Minister-Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt from 2001 to 2003.  Previous posts include Beijing, China; Tel Aviv, Israel; New Delhi, India; and Islamabad, Pakistan. Before joining the Foreign Service, he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Ambassador Cretz received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Rochester in 1972 and a Master of Science in Linguistics from New York State University at Buffalo in 1975. He speaks Dari, Urdu, Arabic and Chinese.

Meghan Hagberg
Senior Program Officer
Business Council for International Understanding
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