October 11, 2022: An Evening with Ambassador David Rank, Former Acting U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China and Senior Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson School of Global Affairs

 

Join the World Affairs Council of Charlotte for a private dinner and small group discussion with Ambassador David Rank,  former Acting U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China and Senior Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson School of Global Affairs

Rank will answer your questions about China’s relationship with the United States, its ongoing conflict with Taiwan, regional security in the Asia-Pacific region, and more. 

 

 

 

 

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Program Information: 

Date:
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Reception:
6:30 – 7:00 PM
Dinner and Discussion:
7:00 – 8:30 PM
Location:
Hilton Charlotte Uptown Directions
Cost: 
$110 (WACC Member Rate) | $140 (Non-Member Rate) – SOLD OUT

For non-online payments, please call 704-687-7762 or mail your check to (World Affairs Council of Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223)

 

 

 

Biography: 

Dave Rank is a Senior Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, the head of the China practice at The Cohen Group, a global business strategy consultancy and teaches at the Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He spent 27 years as a State Department Foreign Service Officer, including his final assignment as Deputy Chief of Mission and, following the 2016 election, as the Charge’ d’Affaires (acting Ambassador) at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. In addition to six Foreign Service assignments in greater China (three in Beijing, two at the American Institute in Taiwan and one at the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai), Dave served at the U.S. embassies in Kabul, Athens, and Port Louis (Mauritius). In Washington, he worked in the office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP), the State Department Korea desk, as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and as a Fellow at Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. In 2015 he received the State Department’s Distinguished Honor Award for his role in the release of the only American servicemember held by the enemy in Afghanistan. He is also the recipient of the American Foreign Service Association’s Sinclaire Award for the study of languages and their related cultures. He speaks Mandarin Chinese, French, Dari and Greek. He and his wife, Mary, have three children.