World Affairs Council of South Texas

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World Affairs Councils are non-profit, non-partisan organizations open to all who wish to join.
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Started in 1918, the council system has 484,000 members and participants, 86 councils, and 26 affiliates. Councils operate on membership dues, corporate sponsorships, grants, in-kind donations, fundraising events, and fee-for-service activities. Over 2,000 corporations, foundations, and individuals support council work.

The council system has the largest international affairs speakers’ program in the country with over 2,500 events each year. Councils also run international exchanges, school programs, teachers’ workshops, model UN's, foreign policy discussions, national opinion polls, travel programs, young professionals’ programs, conferences, corporate programs, journals, newspaper columns, and local radio and television programs. The system has five flagship programs: World in Transition, Great Decisions, the NPR radio program It’s Your World, Academic WorldQuest, and Travel the World.

The World Affairs Council of South Texas is a Texas non-profit 501c(3) corporation, established in 2004.

We are also an affiliate of the National Council for International Visitors (NCIV). In the coming year we plan to inventory the South Texas area to find businesses and organizations which have world-class elements. They do something better than anyone else in the world, they are the benchmark, and they are willing to showcase it. Working with the Department of State, through NCIV we want to bring international visitors to South Texas so they can learn from these world-class activities. We also plan to become experts on protocol for international visitors and make this knowledge available to organizations who host international visitors.

Our activity focus is three fold.
Helping our citizens:

understand the effect that international trade has on our area, and the forces that affect
our trade.
understand globalization and its effect on the future local job market to help our area learn how the education of our youth must change to meet the changing world needs.
participate in citizen diplomacy.

World Affairs Council 2010 Officers & 2010 Executive Committee:

Chair of the Board of Trustees- Anantha Babbili

Vice-Chair of the Board- James Needham

Vice-Chair of the Board for Strategic Planning-Roland Mower

President- Marty Johnson

Secretary-

Treasurer- Robin Perrone

Controller- Lysa Chapman

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World Affairs Council
Mission & Goals:

Short Form: Our Mission

Connecting americans to the world.
Building people to people ties
Enhancing international understanding

Long Form: Our Goals
The Goals of the World Affairs Council of South Texas are to:

Empower citizens to participate in the national debate on world affairs and to help expand their opportunities for international travel and citizen diplomacy.
Build citizen support for American engagement in the world.
Stimulate communities to interact effectively in the global economy and help citizens understand how social and technological developments are shaping the future.
Help citizens understand the impact of trade on community life, and foster economic ties between our region and key regions of the world.
Relate local concerns to global issues.
Help educators and parents better understand the globalizing world and how that effects the educational needs of our youth.
Promote interest among youth for careers in foreign service.
Promote international exchanges, free from political, social or religious bias.
Foster international interests among South Texas' youth.
Build strategic alliances with counterpart organizations.

Officers & Trustees:

World Affairs Council Trustees:

Moustafa Abdelsamad, PhD, Dean, College of Business, TAMUCC

Anantha Babbili PhD, Provost And Vice President For Academic Affairs TAMUCC

Angel Escobar, City Manager, City of Corpus Christi

Roland Mower, President, Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation

Robert Nelsen PhD, Associate VP for Academic Affairs, TAMUCC

Yolanda Olivarez, Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo Bank

Susan Paul, Educator

Robin Perrone, President, Perrone, Trigger & Associates PC CPA's

Ruben Bonilla, Attorney, also Chairman of Board, Port of Corpus Christi

Lysa Chapman, Development Officer, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi

Martin Johnson, MD, Retired

Lee Jordan, Businessman, Retired

Phillip Levasseur, Student, President of Honors Program, TAMUCC

Tom Moore, Port of Corpus Christi

James Needham, MD Dean of Community Outreach TAMUCC

Raymond Rodriguez, Partner, Private Wealth Management LLC

Caroline Sherritt, PhD, Professor, College of Education, TAMUCC

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