Africa Foreign Area Officer Forum

SETAF-AF hosts the Africa Foreign Area Officer (FAO) Forum to bring together FAOs from across Africa, senior leaders and subject matter experts to participate in academic discussions and professional development.

2024 FAO Forum

Speakers

• Col. Edward A. Brady, Senior Liaison Officer to British Army Headquarters
• Col. Tom Brooks, Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché, United States Defense Attaché Office, U.S. Embassy and Consulate Abuja, Nigeria
• Col. Joseph G. Bruhl, Deputy Director, The Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (CoESPU)
• Lt. Col. Louis M. Cascino, Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché, U.S. Embassy Maputo, Mozambique
• Col. Drew R. Conover, Director of Training and Exercises (G7), U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa
• Col. William R. Daniel II, Director, Security Cooperation Directorate, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa
• Brig. Gen.Giuseppe De Magistris, Director, The Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (CoESPU)
• Col. Jason C. Farmer, Chief, Strategic Development and Initiatives Division, G-3/5/7, HQDA, U.S. Army
• Vince Golembeski, Senior Security Cooperation Planner, U.S. Army Cyber Command
• Col. Jospeh Guido, Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché, U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Mark "Hap" Harlow, Division Chief, Security Cooperation (G5), U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa
• Maj. Gen. Garrick M. Harmon, Director, Strategy, Engagement, and Programs, United States Africa Command
• Lt. Col. Ryan A. Howry, Chief, Office of Security Cooperation, U.S. Embassy Abuja, Nigeria
• Maj. Andrew D. Huffaker, Foreign Area Officer, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
• Maj. Justin Knox, Career Manager for Functional Areas 48E Eurasia and 48J Africa, South of the Sahara, U.S. Army Human Resources Command
• Col. Gerald A. Mathis, Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché, The Republics of Senegal, Cabo Vede, The Gambia, and Guinea Bissau
• Lt. Col. Paul J. Milas, Director of African Affairs, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
• Maj. Jay Milledge, Chief, Security Cooperation Office, U.S. Embassy Bujumbura, Burundi
• Brig. Gen. Jason Brad Nicholson, Special Assistant to the Director of the Army Staff, Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army
• Brig. Gen. Allen J. Pepper, Commanding General, United States Army Security Assistance Command
• Col. Jörn Pung, Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché, United States Defense Attaché Office, Tunis, Tunisia
• Lt. Col. Paul A. Thomas, Chief, Strategic Integration Team (G5), U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa
• Lt. Col. Teremuura "Ura" Shamel, Army Foreign Area Officer Program Director, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

Attendees

Biographies for all attendees can be found on SharePoint (CAC required)

2023 FAO Forum

Find content from the first Africa FAO Forum at https://www.dvidshub.net/tags/image/africa-foreign-area-officer-forum.