Joanne Myers was director of the Carnegie Council's Public Affairs Programs (formerly Merrill House Programs). She was responsible for planning and organizing more than 50 public programs a year at the Council, many of which have been featured on C-SPAN's Booknotes.
Myers is also a columnist and advisory board member for PassBlue, an independent digital publication that covers the United Nations.
Before joining the Council, she was director of the Consular Corps/Deputy General Counsel at the New York City Commission for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol, where she acted as the liaison between the mayor of New York and the consulates general. Myers holds a JD from Benjamin C. Cardozo School of Law and a BA in international relations from the University of Minnesota.
Featured Work
SEP 20, 2007 • Podcast
Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite
D. Michael Lindsay says that evangelicals have become the new internationalists working at both policy and grassroot levels for more American engagement abroad. How does ...
SEP 17, 2007 • Podcast
Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts: The American Military in the Air, at Sea, and on the Ground
The Pacific is no longer an American lake, says Robert Kaplan, and with the rise of China and India, we should accept that we are ...
SEP 10, 2007 • Podcast
Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them
It's inevitable that more and more people will move across borders, says Philippe Legrain, and rather than put obstacles in their way, we should welcome ...
SEP 7, 2007 • Podcast
Republic.com 2.0
The internet offers us unprecedented access to information. Yet it also allows us to block out diverse ideas, selecting only articles and blogs that reinforce ...
JUN 27, 2007 • Podcast
The People's Choice: The French Election of 2007
Nicolas Sarkozy is pro-business, a longtime friend of the United States, and the diversity of his new Cabinet is unprecedented. His victory is a turning ...
JUN 27, 2007 • Podcast
The People's Choice: The French Election of 2007
Nicolas Sarkozy is pro-business, a longtime friend of the United States, and the diversity of his new Cabinet is unprecedented. His victory is a turning ...
JUN 27, 2007 • Podcast
The People's Choice: The French Election of 2007
Nicolas Sarkozy is pro-business, a longtime friend of the United States, and the diversity of his new Cabinet is unprecedented. His victory is a turning ...
JUN 27, 2007 • Transcript
The People's Choice: The French Election of 2007
Nicolas Sarkozy is pro-business, a longtime friend of the United States, and the diversity of his new Cabinet is unprecedented. His victory is a turning ...
JUN 20, 2007 • Podcast
Shades of Gray: Military Commissions and the Rule of Law
We don't need new laws, says Altenburg. We need to comply with those we already have, and to educate the public about the definition of ...
JUN 19, 2007 • Podcast
Off the Record: The Press, the Government, and the War over Anonymous Sources
Norman Pearlstine gives the scoop on Time Inc.'s role in the Scooter Libby/Valerie Plame case. He supports creating federal shield laws so that ...