NWMUN-Portland 2018 Keynote Speaker: Alexis Wichowski Professor, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs; Press Secretary and Senior Adviser, New York City Department of Veterans' Services Former Director of Media Analysis & Strategy, Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations
Alexis Wichowski is an adjunct associate professor in Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, teaching in the Technology, Media, and Communications (TMaC) specialization. She is also Press Secretary and Senior Advisor at New York City’s newly created Department of Veterans’ Services, providing support to the City’s half million veterans and their families. She has previously served New York City as a Disaster Relief Field Responder, before and during 9/11. Previous government work includes Program Officer for the US Department of State’s Office of eDiplomacy, Diplomatic Innovation Division under then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and, most recently, Director of Media Analysis & Strategy at the Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations. She has been awarded a Presidential Management Fellowship, two Meritorious Honor Awards, and a Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship. Outside government, Wichowski has worked in media impact research, information architecture development, academic book indexing, web coding, theater production, foreign sitcoms, and pretzel vending.
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