On Thursday, March 24, the Clements Center for National Security and the Alexander Hamilton Society — UT-Austin Chapter will host Carrie Filipetti, executive director of the Vandenberg Coalition and former deputy assistant secretary for Cuba and Venezuela, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, for "The American Toolbox: Our Efforts to Confront Latin American Dictatorships in Cuba and Venezuela." This event will take place in the Bass Lecture Hall at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Join us at 12:15 p.m. CT.
Biography
Carrie Filipetti currently serves as the executive director of the Vandenberg Coalition. Previously she served as deputy assistant secretary for Cuba and Venezuela in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs and the deputy special representative for Venezuela at the U.S. Department of State, for which she received a Superior Honor Award. From 2019–20, Filipetti also served as the senior advisor to the Havana Incidents Task Force, where she was responsible for coordinating an interagency effort to address the causes of unexplained health incidents affecting U.S. personnel, and identifying proper long-term care mechanisms. Before that she served as a senior policy advisor for the United States Mission to the United Nations (USUN), where she advised U.S. Ambassador Nikki R. Haley on issues related to counterterrorism, the Middle East and the Western Hemisphere.
Filipetti began her career at The Paul E. Singer Foundation, where she served as director of portfolio management, helping to oversee the Foundation's transition from a relationship-driven organization to a national leader in strategic philanthropy. She also served as a senior advisor and co-founder of Start-Up Nation Central, a Tel-Aviv based nonprofit that seeks to connect the world with Israeli innovation.
Filipetti graduated with a degree in religious studies from the University of Virginia as both a Jefferson and Echol's scholar. In her spare time, she volunteers as an EMT at a local fire department and serves on the board of Fired Up to Help, a local nonprofit that provides hot meals to first responders in the aftermath of natural and man-made disasters.
For more information about this event, contact Elizabeth Doughtie: elizabeth.doughtie@utexas.edu.