BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.1.7//EN TZID:America/Anchorage X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Anchorage BEGIN:VEVENT UID:296@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190826T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190826T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022231Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/alaska-philippines/ SUMMARY:What Alaskans Want to Know About the Philippines "Make it Monday" F orum | Sen. Sullivan & Ambassador Romualdez DESCRIPTION:\nJoin Alaska World Affairs Council and the Anchorage Chamber o f Commerce for a “Make It Monday” forum discussing the US-Philippine a lliance\, bilateral defense and security cooperation\, trade and investmen t cooperation\, opportunities for stronger economic engagement\, value of people-to-people ties\, the rise of China vis-a-vis the Philippines and AS EAN\, and recent Philippine domestic developments. Philippine Ambassador to the United States\, Ambassador Jose Romualdez will join  Senator Dan Sullivan for this in-depth discussion.\n\nRegister Now\nJose Manuel “B abe” del Gallego Romualdez was appointed Ambassador of the Republic of t he Philippines to the United States of America in July 2017 by President R odrigo Roa Duterte. On 29 November 2017\, he presented his credentials to US President Donald J. Trump and formally assumed office as Ambassador Ext raordinary and Plenipotentiary. Additionally\, as the head of the Philippi ne Embassy in Washington\, D.C.\, Ambassador Romualdez is concurrently the Philippines’ emissary to the Commonwealth of Jamaica\, Republic of Hait i\; Republic of Trinidad and Tobago\; Antigua and Barbuda\; Bahamas\; Barb ados\; Dominica\; Saint Kitts and Nevis\; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines \; and Saint Lucia.\n\nPrior to his appointment\, Ambassador Romualdez was designated as a special envoy of the Philippine President to the United S tates. He also served as a member of several Philippine business delegatio ns visiting the United States\, China\, Japan and New Zealand from 1989 to 2012.\n\nAmbassador Romualdez has extensive experience as a media practit ioner and business executive. He used to be the Chief Executive Officer of Stargate Media Corporation and Publisher of People Asia Magazine (The Phi lippine Star affiliate). He was president of the Manila Overseas Press Clu b and vice-president of Rotary Club of Manila.Ambassador Romualdez writes columns for The Philippine Star. All his columns have a wide following of readers both in the Philippines and abroad.\n\nBorn and raised in Manila\, Ambassador Romualdez received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Ad ministration from De La Salle College in 1970.\n\n \;\n\nSenator Dan S ullivan was sworn in as Alaska’s eighth United States Senator on January 6\, 2015.  Sullivan serves on four Senate committees vital to Alaska: th e Commerce\, Science and Transportation Committee\; the Armed Services Com mittee\; the Environment and Public Works Committee\; and the Veterans' Af fairs Committee.\n\nPrior to his election to the U.S. Senate\, Sullivan se rved as Alaska’s Attorney General and Commissioner of the Alaska Departm ent of Natural Resources. As Alaska's Attorney General\, Sullivan’s numb er one priority was protecting Alaskans\, their physical safety\, financia l well-being\, and individual rights – particularly Alaska’s most vuln erable.  During his tenure he spearheaded a comprehensive statewide strat egy – the “Choose Respect” campaign – to combat Alaska’s high ra tes of domestic violence and sexual assault.  Under Sullivan’s leadersh ip\, the Department of Law also undertook an aggressive strategy of initia ting and intervening in litigation aimed at halting federal government ove rreach into the lives of Alaskans and their economy.\n\nAs Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources\, Sullivan managed one of the largest portfolios of oil\, gas\, minerals\, renewable energy\, timber\, l and\, and water in the world. Working closely with Alaska’s Governor and state legislature\, Sullivan developed numerous strategies that spurred r esponsible resource development\, energy security\, and a dramatic increas e in good-paying jobs across a number of critical sectors in the Alaska ec onomy.  He also developed a comprehensive plan to streamline and reform t he state’s regulatory and permitting system.\n\nSullivan is one of a sel ect number of Alaskan attorneys who has held judicial clerkships on both t he highest federal and state courts in Alaska. He served as a judicial law clerk for Judge Andrew Kleinfeld of the United States Court of Appeals fo r the Ninth Circuit in Fairbanks\, Alaska and for Chief Justice Warren Mat thews of the Alaska Supreme Court in Anchorage\, Alaska.  Sullivan also s erved as a judicial law clerk/intern for Judge James L. Buckley on the Uni ted States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.\n\nSulli van has a distinguished record of military and national security service. He is currently a Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.  Since 1993\, Sullivan has served in a variety of command and staff billets on active d uty and in the reserves\, including: TRAP Force Commander and 81mm mortar Platoon Commander\, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Ca pable)\; Weapons Company Executive Officer\, Second Battalion\, Fifth Mari nes\; Commanding Officer\, Delta Company\, Anti-Terrorism Battalion\; Exec utive Officer\, Echo Company\, Fourth Reconnaissance Battalion\; and Comma nding Officer\, 6thAir Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO).  In 2004\ , Sullivan was recalled to active duty for a year and a half to serve as a staff officer to the Commander of U.S. Central Command\, General John Abi zaid\, spending substantial time deployed in the Middle East\, the Horn of Africa\, and Central Asia.  In July 2013\, Sullivan was recalled to acti ve duty to serve with a Joint Task Force in Afghanistan focusing on disman tling terrorist networks and criminalizing the Taliban insurgency.\n\nSull ivan served in the Administration of President George W. Bush as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Economic\, Energy\, and Business under Se cretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He focused on fighting terrorist financ ing\, and implementing policies relating to international energy\, economi c\, trade\, finance\, transportation\, telecommunications\, and Arctic iss ues. Sullivan also served as a Director in the International Economics Dir ectorate of the National Security Council staff at the White House.\n\nSul livan earned a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University in 1987 and a joi nt law and Masters of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown Universit y in 1993. Dan and his wife Julie Fate Sullivan were married over 20 years ago in Julie’s hometown of Fairbanks\, Alaska. They have three teenage daughters: Meghan\, Isabella and Laurel.\n\n \;\n\nAlaska World Affair s Members receive Chamber Membership Admission. Registration for this eve nt takes place at the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce's website for $35. Lun ch is included.  Follow the link below to register.\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n Program Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Tho se with online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be included with your ticket.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/07/Screen-Shot-2019-07-19-at-9.11.04-AM.png CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Egan Center\, 555 W 5th Abve\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United Sta tes X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=555 W 5th Abve\, Anchorage\ , AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Egan Center:geo:0, 0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anchorage X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anchorage BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0900 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:AKDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR