Culture & Coffee

This month's speaker is the Director of SUNY Albany's Center for International Development, Gina Volynsky! She will be discussing Russian politics, culture, and economy.

Gina has been striving for a better world right from the onset of her 25-year career in international development, designing and implementing programs in more than 29 countries and working closely with leading donor organizations, including the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Most recently, Gina Volynsky served as vice president at Dexis Consulting where she led the firm’s institutional support contract for the USAID Global Development Lab’s Center for Transformational Partnerships in reconsidering how the U.S. should configure and prioritize its foreign development aid.

Come enjoy some refreshments and learn something new, on the second Friday of each month. This lecture series will host a different guest speaker each month, covering history, culture, language and more. For adults. Register at the reference desk, by calling (518) 482-7911 x2, or by clicking the ticket link.