PONI Speaker Series with Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins

September 16, 2014 • 12:00 – 1:30 pm EDT

Please join the Project on Nuclear Issues for a talk with Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Department of State's Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs in the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. Ambassador Jenkins promotes the coordination of Department of State Cooperative Threat Reduction and U.S. government programs in chemical, biological, nuclear and radiological security. She is also the Department of State lead on the Nuclear Security Summit, and she coordinates the Department of State's activities related to the four-year effort to secure all vulnerable nuclear material.

Prior to this position, Ambassador Jenkins served as the Program Officer for U.S. Foreign and Security policy at the Ford Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, she served as counsel on the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, more commonly known as the "9-11 Commission." She was the lead Commission staff member on counterterrorism policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and on U.S. military plans targeting al Qaeda prior to 9-11.

Ambassador Jenkins will speak about her experience in nuclear security and her thoughts for the future. The event will run from 12:00-1:30pm on September 16 in the 9th Floor Board Room at CSIS. A light lunch will be served. Please register using the link at the right.

This event is off-the-record.