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Dr. Jerry W. Leach is currently is Director of the  American Studies Center at the American University in Cairo

Career
international affairs non-profit organization in the United States. Active in international and civic education, foreign policy, people-to-people diplomacy, international business, publishing, public opinion polling, and media. 1996-Present. affiliates, and 433,000 members and participants. Direct national office in Washington. Responsible for national budget. association tenfold in four years. Grants from German Marshall Fund, US Institute of Peace, Marpat Foundation, Kuwaiti Government, Cox Foundation, Wege Foundation. Brazil, Korea, China, Taiwan, Syria, Jordan, Taiwan, Singapore. Morocco, Yemen. planned for Libya, Cuba, and North Korea. Islamic World; Canada, the US, and the World; and Reconnecting America and the United Nations; and The Future of the Americas in January 2002. Defense Department, EPA, World Bank, Council on Foreign Relations, Brookings, Center for Strategic and International Studies, National Council for International Visitors, Atlantic Council, Korean Economic Institute, American Academy of Diplomacy. Institute for International Affairs, Japan Center for International Exchange, Chinese People's Institute for Foreign Affairs, Singapore International Foundation, Turkish- American Association. meetings on international development, 18 EPA town meetings on international environmental issues, 12 Congressional town meetings, 15 local symposia on Mexican migration, 16 events on Contemporary Europe and the Legacy of the Marshall Plan, and 7 events on Global Trends, 12 events on Future of Korean Peninsula, and 15 events on Future of American Diplomacy, and 6 events on Future of Russia. Great Decisions from 250 to 450 colleges in two years. Myths and Realities of the US Foreign Aid Program; Turkey at the Crossroads; The Foreign Policy Gap between the American People and Congress. national speaker referral digest. program manual. Union. Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs. 1993-95. aid program. Raised $4m in grant funds. banking, media, education, and non-profit work. Pacific. Peace Corps. 1989-1993. 22 new country programs in Eastern Europe, former USSR, Mongolia, China. governments. business, and urban affairs. Started 18 new language teaching programs. from Liberty Bell Foundation. 33 country programs. Received three management awards. Appointed 162 individuals to positions. House. Position held as Foreign Service Officer, not political appointee. 1988-89. control, nuclear non-proliferation, oceans and space. ivory trade, the collapse of poaching, and the resurgence of elephant herds. the first Ozone Depletion Protocol. Transfer. Chaired two US Government conferences. and Pacific. many trade issues. Helped increase trade by more than $1bn per year. arrest cases. Special responsibility for Iranian refugee cases. Joined Foreign Service 1979. Middle East. Organized international conference on trade and exchange. Anthropology. Trobriand Islands. Dissertation on political movement. Drafted two national laws. Provisions became Leadership Code of Constitution. College (now U. of Bosphorus) in Istanbul, and at Adana High School.
 * NATIONAL PRESIDENT. World Affairs Councils of America. WACA is the largest
 * Coordinate the national affairs of 82 local councils, 26 national and international
 * Lead national fund-raising campaign. Increased recurrent revenue for national
 * Run national leadership missions. Trips to NATO, European Union, Turkey, Japan,
 * Track-2 Diplomacy Missions to Iran, Syria, Turkey on the Kurdish Question, and
 * Organize national conferences: Divining the New World Order; Understanding the
 * Active working relationships with over 70 embassies in Washington, State Department,
 * Active international relationships with Royal Institute for International Affairs, Canadian
 * Run national program series: 65 State Department town meetings, 33 World Bank town
 * Help to expand the Foreign Policy Association's teaching, discussion, and media program
 * Frequent speaker before world affairs councils around the country. Current themes:
 * Run the WACA national speaker referral service on international affairs. Publish
 * Publish trip reports, national membership directory, management papers, and school
 * Conduct nationwide workshops for professionalizing world affairs councils.
 * DIRECTOR of Civic Initiatives, Volunteer, and Exchanges Programs for the Former Soviet
 * Adminstered three AID contracts and three foundation grants as part of the US foreign
 * Launched NGO development programs in Russia and Central Asia.
 * Established 26 partnerships between US and NIS organizations in agriculture, business,
 * REGIONAL DIRECTOR for Eastern Europe, Soviet Republics, Middle East, Asia, and
 * Led largest expansion in Peace Corps history since founding. Established
 * Negotiated eleven international agreements. Worked with senior officials in 35
 * Launched a new small business initiative for post-communist countries.
 * Restructured 107 field projects in education, agriculture, health, environment, small
 * Helped raise $8m from foundations and $6m from AID. Administered $1.2m donation
 * Managed a $45m budget, a staff of 400 in Washington and abroad, 1600 volunteers, and
 * Member of Senior Executive Service. Promoted to Executive Service Level 3.
 * DIRECTOR of International Economic Affairs. National Security Council. The White
 * Handled international policy in environmental affairs, science and technology, export
 * Launched US import-export ban on elephant ivory which led to the world-wide ban on
 * Created Presidential directive on export control and high-technology trade.
 * Helped establish virtual world-wide moratorium on whaling and win USG approval for
 * DEPUTY DIRECTOR of Office of Strategic Technology Affairs. State Department 1982-87.
 * Served as Executive Secretary of the Senior Interagency Committee on Technolgy
 * Negotiated with 30 governments in Western Europe, Soviet Union, Middle East, Asia,
 * Had central role in creating the US-India Agreement on High Technology. Resolved
 * Drafted and helped negotiate the supercomputer safeguard regime.
 * Helped create the Missile Technology Control Regime.
 * VICE-CONSUL. US Embassy London, 1980-81.
 * Handled visas, immigration, social security, passports, nationality issues, US citizen
 * ASSISTANT LECTURER. Cambridge University. 1974-79.
 * Taught courses on world economies, political systems, social organization, Pacific, and
 * Directed documentary film Trobriand Cricket. Won two international awards.
 * Consultant to BBC-TV for series Face Values with H.R.H. Prince Charles.
 * Served on the Board of Directors of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
 * Served on the board of Directors of the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and
 * INSTRUCTOR. University of Papua New Guinea. 1969-73.
 * Founding faculty member of country's first university. Ph.D. research on
 * Served as Advisor to Chief Minister of PNG for anti-corruption legislation.
 * PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER. Turkey. 1964-66.
 * Taught English at National Teachers' Training College in Ankara, at Robert
 * Conducted research on Uygur immigrants from China into Turkey.

Education
Certificate in Social Anthropology. Cambridge University. Foreign Service Institute.
 * Ph.D. Social Anthropology. Cambridge University.
 * M.A. Cambridge University.
 * M.A. Social Anthropology and Middle East. University of California.
 * B.A. History. Emory University.
 * Executive Programs. Kennedy School of Government. Harvard University.

HONORS

 * Emory Medal for Distinguished Public Service
 * Commendation from the President of the United States
 * Commendation from the National Security Advisor
 * Superior Honor Award, State Department
 * Merit Award, State Department
 * Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival
 * Georges Sadoul Prize (Gold Medal) for Best Foreign Documentary.
 * Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
 * Rhodes Scholarship Nomination from Alabama
 * Phi Beta Kappa
 * ODK National Leadership Society

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 * Oxford and Cambridge Society
 * King's College, Cambridge
 * Middle East Institute

LANGUAGES

 * Turkish
 * Kiriwinan (a Malayo-Polynesian language)
 * Limited command of Kirgiz, Kazakh, Uygur

PUBLICATIONS
Books or equivalents

Leach. Cambridge University Press. 1983. National television screenings in six countries. Circulating in educational film libraries in eighteen countries.
 * The Kula: New Perspectives on Massim Exchange. Edited with Prof. Sir Edmund
 * Trobriand Cricket: an ingenious response to colonialism. 16mm documentary. 1975.
 * The Kabisawali Movement in the Trobriand Islands. Ph.D. thesis. Cambridge. 1978.
 * The Parliamentary Integrity Act. Parliament of Papua New Guinea. 1972.
 * The Public Officials' Integrity Act. Parliament of Papua New Guinea. 1972.

Articles
for Inner London Education Authority. ILEA Publications. 1979. Melanesia. ANU Press. 1979. Press. 1976. Press. 1973. Directions in Sociolinguistics, J. Gumperz and D. Hymes (ed.), HRWinston. 1972.
 * "The Emergence of Private Farming in Russia" Problems of Post-Communism. June 1995.
 * "Peace Corps and the Post-Communist World" Peace Corps Times. January 1993.
 * "Structure and Message in Trobriand Cricket" University of California. 1980.
 * "Land and People: the Trobriand Islanders" Curriculum Module written with Michael Sallnow
 * "The Conflict underlying the Kabisawali Movement" in R. May (ed.) Micronationalism in
 * "The 1972 Elections in the Kula Open" in D. Stone (ed.) Prelude to Self-Govemment. ANU
 * "Making the Best of Tourism" in R. May (ed.) Priorities in Melanesian Development. ANU
 * "The Strategy of Turkish Boys' Verbal Dueling Rhymes" with Alan Dundes and Bora Ozkok in
 * "Culture as an Invisible Prison" Peace Corps Reader. 1969.