The Value of a Graduate Education and Working
for the U.S. Department of State
University of Colorado at Boulder
Thursday, April 22, 6 - 7:30 p.m., VAC 1B20 (Art and Art History Building)
Open to all CU-Boulder students, alumni, faculty, and staff
As a Public Affairs Officer he worked on several
high profile events, including the first G-20
Summit held in Washington, DC and the Summit
of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago. Patrick
recently returned from the U.S. Embassy in
Stockholm, Sweden where he served as a
member of the surge team helping to cover the
Swedish EU Presidency. While there, Patrick
worked on EU enlargement issues, with a focus
on Turkey and the Balkans. In his current
position, Patrick works on long-term strategic
planning issues in Latin American and the
Caribbean.
Patrick Reilly
Foreign Affairs Officer
U.S. Department of State
Office of Policy Planning and
Coordination - Western Hemisphere
Affairs (WHA/PPC)
703-608-0841
reillykp@gmail.com
Patrick Reilly is a 2008 Presidential
Management Fellow (PMF) at the U.S.
Department of State. He is currently serving as
a Foreign Affairs Officer in the Office of Policy,
Planning and Coordination (WHA/PPC), the
strategic planning office for the Bureau of
Western Hemisphere Affairs. Patrick joined the
Department in October 2008 and has spent
time in the Bureau of Public Affairs (PA),
European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR), along with
Western Hemisphere Affairs Bureau (WHA).
Patrick received his B.A. from the University
of Virginia in International Affairs, an M.A.
in International Affairs from the University
of Colorado at Boulder, and an M.Sc. in
Public Policy and Administration from the
London School of Economics. He has
previously served as a Political Assistant to
the Colorado Senate Majority Leader and as
Senior Parliamentary Assistant to the First
Minister of Scotland for the British
Parliament in Westminster. He is the
author of Politics and Protest: How Political
Systems Influenced the American and
Northern Ireland Civil Rights Movement
published by VDM Verlag Press in 2008.
Event Sponsors: Graduate School, United
Government of Graduate Students, and Career
Services. For details on the Appreciation Week
and ways to share your appreciation, see
http://www.colorado.edu/GraduateSchool.