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The Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs welcomes Ambassador Elayne Whyte, a diplomat and academic with more than 25 years of experience in policy-making, diplomacy, international cooperation, negotiation, and governance, for its annual Kenner Lecture.
Ambassador Whyte is the former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations in Geneva (2014-2020), former Vice Foreign Minister of Costa Rica (2000-2002) and first woman and person of African descent to serve in the position, and current Professor of Practice at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. She will discuss her experiences in bilateral and multilateral diplomacy centered on the theme of “Negotiating for Humanity.”
The discussion was facilitated by Stacie Goddard, Betty Freyhof Johnson ’44 Professor of Political Science and Associate Provost of Wellesley in the World. This event is the first of the Albright Institute’s 15th anniversary programming.
The Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs welcomes Ambassador Elayne Whyte, a diplomat and academic with more than 25 years of experience in policy-making, diplomacy, international cooperation, negotiation, and governance, for its annual Kenner Lecture.
Ambassador Whyte is the former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations in Geneva (2014-2020), former Vice Foreign Minister of Costa Rica (2000-2002) and first woman and person of African descent to serve in the position, and current Professor of Practice at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. She will discuss her experiences in bilateral and multilateral diplomacy centered on the theme of “Negotiating for Humanity.”
The discussion was facilitated by Stacie Goddard, Betty Freyhof Johnson ’44 Professor of Political Science and Associate Provost of Wellesley in the World. This event is the first of the Albright Institute’s 15th anniversary programming.
