Georgia College Leadership Programs to host distinguished diplomat, scholar
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    Georgia College Leadership Programs to host distinguished diplomat, scholar

    12 September 2022

    Leo Michel, international security expert, to address "Security, NATO, and Defense"

    On Wednesday, September 21st, at 11 a.m., Georgia College Leadership Programs will host a virtual seminar with Leo Michel on "Security, NATO, and Defense." 
    Leo Michel is currently senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. He previously served as director for NATO Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, in the U.S. Department of Defense. Additional appointments in the Pentagon included service as director for non-nuclear arms control, deputy U.S. representative to the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Consultative Commission, and deputy director for verification policy. 
    "Leo Michel is one of the country's leading experts on international security and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and we are so pleased to welcome him to Georgia College” says Dr. Harold Mock, one of the event organizers. “In this time of renewed great-power competition, we are fortunate indeed to hear the insights of such an esteemed scholar-practitioner."

    In this time of renewed great-power competition, we are fortunate indeed to hear the insights of such an esteemed scholar-practitioner.

    Harold Mock, director of leadership programs

    Leo Michel

    Leo Michel

    Before joining the Defense Department, Michel served in the Directorate for Intelligence in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, as a legislative aide on national security for a Member of Congress, and as a reporter for French media. He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy from 1969 to 1972. 
    Michel holds as Master of Arts degree from the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University. 
    The non-partisan event is sponsored by Georgia College’s Leadership Programs, in collaboration with the CEPA Foundation, headquartered in France. 
    “At a liberal arts institution, we teach our students in the classic tradition of leadership for the public good,” says Mock. “That involves preparing students for thoughtful and engaged citizenship and active dialogue with thought-leaders in public life.”
    The event is free and open to the public. The discussion will be conducted in English. To register and join the discussion, please visit the event webpage. 
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    Georgia College’s Office of Leadership Programs provides teaching, research, and public service related to leadership, citizenship, democracy, and public affairs. With the support of a distinguished faculty and practitioners, we educate the next generation of Georgia’s leaders for the public good. Our programs bring together scholars and students, as well as business leaders, non-profit executives, journalists, and public officials, and offer a trusted forum on citizen-leadership and pressing issues of the day.

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