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Robert
R. LaGamma, Executive Director
| Mr. LaGamma
served for 36 years in the Foreign Service of the United States
Information Agency prior to his retirement. During that time
he directed USIS offices in South Africa, Nigeria, Senegal,
Togo and Florence, Italy and was Director of USIA’s
Office of African Affairs. He designed U.S. Government democracy
initiatives for both Nigeria and South Africa that were funded
by USAID. In addition, he organized the first White House
Conference on Africa in 1995 and USIA’s Atlanta Conference
on South Africa, Investing in People, in 1994. Prior
to his final tour in South Africa he was responsible for organizing
a major conference for Africa on civic education, CIVITAS.
He is a recipient of USIA’s highest award, the Edward
R. Murrow award for excellence in public diplomacy. Since
his retirement he has been a senior fellow at the National
Endowment for Democracy, managed |
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the Carter Center’s
election monitoring project in Nigeria, was a consultant for
the National Democratic Institute in the Congo and was an
Inspector with the Office of the Inspector General of the
Department of State, participating on the team that inspected
the American Embassy in Cairo, Egypt.
Mr. LaGamma was elected to the Board of the Council for a Community of Democracies in December of 2005.
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