We hope to see you at the following meetings during the 2025 – 2026 year – in each case, social hour begins at 6:00 p.m. and dinner at 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Location: Wellesley Country Club
Speaker: Ambassador Mark Storella (retired)
Ambassador (ret.) Mark C. Storella was a United States Foreign Service Officer for over three decades serving as Ambassador to Zambia, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration, and Dean of the Leadership and Management School of the Foreign Service Institute. Other postings include Deputy Chief of Mission in Brussels, at the U.S. Mission to the UN in Geneva and in Phnom Penh. Ambassador Storella is recipient of the Presidential Rank Award, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Excellence in Service Award, the Thomas Jefferson Award presented by American Citizens Abroad, and several Department of State superior and meritorious honor awards.
Ambassador Storella was Senior Department of State Fellow and Dean and Virginia Rusk Fellow at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses.
Ambassador Storella’s areas of expertise include humanitarian crises, health diplomacy, multilateral diplomacy, as well as diplomatic negotiation and theory.
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Location: Wellesley Country Club
Speaker: To Be Announced
Monday, March 16, 2025
Location: Wellesley Country Club
Speaker: Town Affairs Night