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Ambassador Gaddi H. Vasquez was elected Board Chairman of Project Concern International (PCI). Ambassador Vasquez will spearhead the strategic direction of PCI's efforts to expand its work to prevent disease and promote sustainable development in 16 countries around the globe.

In July, Ambassador Gilbert A. Robinson was appointed as the President and CEO of International Publishers in McLean, Virginia.

On Friday, May 17, Arts Alliance Illinois presented its Citizen Advocate Award to Ambassador Fay Hartog Levin. The award recognizes individuals whose vision and civic leadership provide a heightened visibility to the value of the arts. A benefit luncheon, titled "Voices of a Creative State," was held in coordination with the award presentation. Ambassador Fay Hartog Levin served as the United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 2009-2011 and currently serves as The Chicago Council on Global Affairs' Senior Adviser on European Affairs. She has been an active member of Chicago's civic community as a member of the Illinois Arts Alliance Board from 1997–2009 and as its Chairman from 2006–2008.

Daniel Severson is an attorney at Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C. He graduated from the Harvard Law School and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Havard University.

Caitlin graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. As of fall 2018, she is back at the Wilson School to pursue a Master in Public Affairs as a fellow in the Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative.

Rachel Iacono just began a position as the Global Client Service Coordinator at Chin & Curtis, LLP, a small immigration law firm in Boston, MA. She works in the firm’s global practice, assisting attorneys in that department with international casework and research.