| DO YOU KNOW EMBASSY ROW? |
| S ummertime, when many of us think of working less and playing more, is often the
reverse for some diplomatic spouses who relish going on summer leave to pick up their
careers again. Most know that British wife LADYMANNING writes mystery novels
(“That’s what I do in the summertime and on holiday,” she says. “I’m much too busy
during the regular part of the year. My time isn’t my own then.”): But do you know.. |
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Argentina’s MÓNICA BORDÓN is an Eisenhower Fellow who’s been a professor and researcher, policy advisor
and analyst here and at home in knowledge management: how the technology du jour affects the way people
think and live.
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Austria’s THOMAS NOWOTNY, the author of four books and a retired high-ranking diplomat himself, is a
senior advisor of corporate development and international affairs for AWS, an Austrian development bank, and
a political science professor at the University of Vienna. |
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Barbados’ JACQUELINE KING majored in sociology and politics but is a professional artist.
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| Burkina Faso’s PRISCILLE ZONGO is the legal counselor for the embassy. In her country, this mother of three
teenage boys was not only a lawyer but a domestic court judge for twenty years. Her embassy job here includes
counseling married couples and performing wedding ceremonies at the chancery |
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Costa Rica’s DIANA DUEÑAS is a lawyer and still advises clients at home, especially her own family’s business.
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| Ecuador’s FABIOLA GALLEGOS founded a bottled water business years ago and keeps her eye on the company
even when she’s not “in country” but admits, “I work much harder in the summer and when we return from a
mission abroad. That’s when I can be there in person.” |
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Finland’s LAUREL COLLESS is returning to work now that their second daughter Julia is almost one and their
first daughter, Olivia is four. This native Australian will be head of research for Virginia Tech’s “Technology for
Sustainable Development” department in Alexandria.
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| Greece’s FRANÇOISE MALLIAS is a Swiss clinical psychologist who is interested in opening an intergenerational center for Greek women where daughters and granddaughters would learn traditional handiwork
(crocheting, knitting, sewing) from a grandmother, even if she’s not their own. |
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Kuwait’s RIMA AL-SABAH was a foreign news correspondent during the Lebanese war, at one time sharing an
office with The Washington Post’s Nora Boustany. No wonder she’s such a good friend of the media; she knows
how to create a good story.
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| Oman’s FUAD AL-HINAI is an ambassador too; while his wife is Oman’s ambassador here, he’s Oman’s
ambassador to the U. N. and non-resident ambassador to Colombia, Cuba and Venezuela |
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Poland’s HANNA REITER studied German philology but ultimately became an entrepreneur, starting her own
real estate business in Warsaw which she monitors long distance and re-enters full force each summer.
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| Swedish wife KARI LOTSBERG and her husband, Amb. Gunnar Lund, will be moving to Paris soon “because
it’s easier on the family with Kari’s career,” says the Ambassador. Kari is currently managing director of Svaneli
AB, an EU consulting and financial affairs firm in Stockholm. |
