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Featured Speaker: Ambassador Philip C. Wilcox, Jr.

After 31 years of service as an American diplomat, Philip Wilcox became President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, a Washington, DC-based foundation devoted to fostering peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

Wilcox's distinguished career included an assignment as the American Consul General in Jerusalem. He also served as Special Assistant to the Undersecretary for Management, Deputy Director for UN Political Affairs in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, and in the Bureau for Middle Eastern and South Asian Affairs as Director for Regional Affairs, Director for Israeli and Arab-Israeli Affairs and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Middle Eastern Affairs.

Wilcox was appointed as Ambassador at Large and Coordinator for Counter Terrorism by President Bill Clinton.