Subject: IRAQ: 8/26 Breakfast Briefing with Mr. Bryan Larson, NEW Senior Commercial Officer, U.S. Embassy Baghdad
From: "Meghan Hagberg" <[email-masked]>
To: "Meghan Hagberg" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:07:11 -0400

The Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) is pleased to announce a breakfast briefing with

Mr. Bryan Larson
NEW Senior Commercial Officer
U.S. Embassy Baghdad

Friday, August 26, 2011
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Washington, D.C.

Member Cost: $35
Non-Member Cost: $70

Hosting opportunities are available.  For more information please contact Meghan Hagberg at 212-490-0460.

To register for the program, please use the following link: IRAQ<http://bciu.org/wip02/online_event_invitation.asp?currentorpast=&eventsorprograms=events&IDNumber=1583&ProgramIDNumber=0&Keycode=4354059>

Biographical Information

Bryan Larson will begin his new position as Senior Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq later this month.  Prior to this appointment, he served as Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China beginning in 2007.  Before his position in Beijing, he was Senior Commercial Specialist at the U.S. Export Assistance Center in Baltimore, Maryland.  He has also served as Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City (2001 to 2004) and the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea (1999 to 2000).  Mr. Larson began his career with the Commercial Service as an International Trade Specialist at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C., where he served from 1995 to 1998.  He received a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs and Political Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Master of Arts in International Communication from American University.