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About our Speaker: Dr. Richard A. Nuccio
Richard A. Nuccio is the Interim Program Manager of the UK’s Department of International Development (DfID) and European Union (EU)–funded Support Hluttaw Work for Effective Budget Oversight (SHWEBO) project to strengthen the oversight capacity of Myanmar’s legislative branch at the Union, state, and region levels. Previously, Dr. Nuccio served as the National Democratic Institute’s (NDI) resident senior country director for Myanmar from March 2013 until June 2016. In this capacity, he developed NDI’s technical support program to Myanmar’s parliament (Hluttaw) and oversaw all NDI programming in Myanmar, including its efforts to support independent observation of the 2015 national elections. Before arriving in Myanmar, Dr. Nuccio served as NDI’s resident senior country director in South Sudan from 2011 until 2012. As country director, he oversaw the implementation of civic engagement program activities under a five-year, $61 million US Agency for International Development (USAID) grant and provided leadership to a team of nine international and 39 national staff.
Prior to joining NDI, Dr. Nuccio was the director of Civitas International programs at the Center for Civic Education based in Los Angeles, CA, where from 2003 he managed civic education programs and coordinated a network of civic educators in more than 70 countries.
During the 1990s, Dr. Nuccio served in a number of senior foreign policy positions in the U.S. Government. From May 1995 until April 1996 he was special advisor to the President and to the Secretary of State for Cuba. Dr. Nuccio coordinated overall Cuba policy as well as outreach to the public. Before and after serving at the White House, he served at the State Department as senior policy adviser to two Assistant Secretaries of State for Inter-American Affairs. At the State Department, he had special responsibilities as the U.S. coordinator for the Guatemalan Peace Process and was awarded the Order of the Quetzal, Guatemala’s highest civilian honor, for his contributions to ending Guatemala’s decades long civil war.
In the US Senate, Dr. Nuccio was the senior foreign policy adviser to Senator Robert G. Torricelli (Democrat-NJ) (1997). He also served as a professional staff member of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (1991–1993).
From 2000–2003, Dr. Nuccio was the founding director of the Claiborne Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy at Salve Regina University in Newport, RI. Dr. Nuccio has taught international relations and comparative politics at major universities such as Williams College; Bennington College; the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University; and Georgetown University. He was a visiting fellow at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center (1997–1998).
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Location:
National University, Sanford Center Auditorium 1355 N. Torrey Pines Rd. La Jolla, CA 92037
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Time:
Registration/Reception: 6:00-6:30 p.m.
Presentation, followed by a Q&A: 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Cost:
SDWAC Members: Free
Non-Members: $10
Student with student ID: $5
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