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Past Event
DINNER MEETING
"PROGRESS REPORT ON ARMENIA"
Featuring
Armine K. Hovannisian
Executive Director, Junior Achievement of Armenia
Armine K. Hovannisian has been the executive director of Junior Achievement of Armenia
(JAA) since 1993. She has taken JAA from its modest beginnings with only eight schools and grown the program to reach 1,400 high schools throughout the Republic of Armenia.
During her tenure at JAA, she has developed the national curriculum for civic education,
authored the official civics textbook for the 9th grade, and implemented Junior Achievement's Applied Economics program. She has established strong working relationships with the
United States and foreign diplomatic corps in Armenia and is highly regarded in those circles.
Mrs. Hovannisian was born in Armenia, and moved with her family to the United States as a
young child. She holds a B.A. in Diplomacy and World Affairs from Occidental College, and is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles's School of Law. She was a
practicing civil litigator prior to moving with her husband and children from Los Angeles to Yerevan more than ten years ago. Her husband, Raffi, is the former Armenian Foreign
Minister. He served in the first independent state following Armenia's secession from the Soviet Union. Mrs. Hovannisian currently resides in Yerevan with her spouse and their five children.
- Date: Friday, March 14, 2003
- Time: 7:30 p.m.
- Location:
- Spazio Restaurant
- 14755 Ventura Boulevard (3 blocks west of Van Nuys Blvd.)
- Sherman Oaks, CA.
- Tel: (818) 728-8400
- Cost: $45 per person for members, $50 for non-members
Please mail your checks by March 7, 2003 to:
APS
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