Subject: Ambassador Mari Carmen Aponte to speak at Spring Meeting
From: ABA Section of International Law <[email-masked]>
To: John D Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 10:21:30 -0600

The Section of International Law cordially invites you to

the 2016 Spring Meeting at the Grand Hyatt New York

April 12 - 16, 2016!

Join more than 1,500 leading attorneys, corporate counsel, government officials, academics and NGO lawyers for over 3 days of networking and programming on the latest international legal and ethics issues.

We are honored to have Former Ambassador Mari Carmen Aponte as our

Friday Luncheon Keynote Speaker

The Ambassador's remarks will focus on strengthening the Rule of Law in the Western Hemisphere.

REGISTER TO ATTEND THE SPRING MEETING TODAY!

Mari Carmen Aponte is currently serving as a Special Advisor in the State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs.  In July, 2014, President Obama nominated her to become the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the Organization of American States, and her nomination is pending.  She served as the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador until February 2016.  Before assuming leadership of the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador in 2010, Ambassador Aponte worked as an attorney and consultant at a consulting firm in Washington D.C., and served on the Board of Directors of Oriental Financial Group.  From 2001-2004, Ms. Aponte was the Executive Director of the Puerto Rican Federal Affairs Administration.  Prior to that, she practiced law in Washington D.C. for nearly twenty years.  Ms. Aponte has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Council of La Raza, the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, and the University of the District of Columbia.  She was a member of the Board of Rosemont College, and served as President of the Hispanic National Bar Association; the Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia; and as a member of the District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Commission.  In 1979, as a White House Fellow, Ms. Aponte was Special Assistant to United States Housing and Urban Development Secretary Moon Landrieu.  Ms. Aponte has a B.A. in Political Science from Rosemont College, an M.A. in Theatre from Villanova University, and a J.D. from Temple University.  She is a 2015 recipient of the American Bar Association’s Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award.

Learn more about The Section's 2016 Spring Meeting HERE through our newly launched meetings website!

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