July 30 will bring Ambassador Jeffrey J Lunstead to RPL to talk about US foreign policy in South Asia. Ambassador Lunstead is the former US ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives. He was a member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor. He has served overseas in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Malaysia. In Washington, he has served as South Asia Bureau Coordinator for Afghanistan and as Director for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. He is currently Diplomat-in-Residence at Middlebury College.
He and his wife, Cynthia Huard, an affiliate artist at Middlebury College, live in Bristol, Vermont.