(C) U.S. State Dept This story was originally published by U.S. State Dept and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Upcoming Digital Press Briefing: President Biden’s Visit to Angola [1] [] Date: 2024-10 MEDIA ADVISORY | October 9 Digital Press Briefing: President Biden’s Visit to Angola EVENT: Please join us on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, for a digital press briefing with Dr. Frances Brown, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council, and Helaina R. Matza, Acting Special Coordinator for the Partnership on Global Infrastructure Investment (PGI) at the U.S. Department of State, to preview President Biden’s October 13-15 visit to Angola. Speakers will highlight how President Biden’s visit to Angola builds on his bilateral meeting with President Lourenco in November 2023, the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in December 2022, and President Lourenco’s visit to the United States in 2021. The visit underscores the United States’ continued commitment to African partners, including delivering on commercial infrastructure investment across the region and how collaborating to solve shared challenges delivers for the people of the United States and people across the African continent. After brief opening remarks, speakers will take questions from participating journalists. DETAILS: Speakers: Dr. Frances Brown, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs, National Security Council Helaina R. Matza, Acting Special Coordinator for the Partnership on Global Infrastructure Investment (PGI), U.S. Department of State Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2024 Time: 15:30 SAST | 13:30 GMT | 09:30 Washington, D.C. Language: English. Simultaneous Portuguese interpretation will be provided Ground Rules: The briefing will be on the record Login Info.: To be provided upon RSVP Zoom RSVP: Please RSVP by clicking here Twitter: Join the conversation #AFHubPress and follow us on @AfricaMediaHub. BIOGRAPHIES: Dr. Frances Brown Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs National Security Council Frances Brown is Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council (NSC). She has also previously served on the NSC staff as the Director for Democracy and Fragile States from 2016 through 2017. Before joining the NSC staff for her second time, Dr. Brow n was vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. There, she oversaw the Africa program and Global Order and Institutions program at the vice-presidential level, in addition to co-directing Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance program. Earlier in her career, Dr. Brown worked at the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Office of Transition Initiatives, managing political transition programs in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia, both from the field and in Washington, D.C. Earlier in her career, Dr. Brown has held positions at the Department of Defense, non-profits, and in the private sector. Her research positions included roles with the Council on Foreign Relations, Columbia University, and the U.S. Institute of Peace. She holds a doctorate in international relations from University of Oxford and a BA from Yale. Helaina R. Matza Acting Special Coordinator for the Partnership on Global Infrastructure Investment (PGI) U.S. Department of State Helaina R. Matza is the Acting Special Coordinator for the Partnership on Global Infrastructure Investment (PGI), U.S. Department of State. Matza has most recently served as the Director of Energy Transformation in the Bureau of Energy Resources at the Department of State. In this role she led strategic engagement on clean energy and power sector issues, including the Department’s multilateral effort focused on securing clean energy supply chains. Helaina previously served as Director of Climate Diplomacy and Energy Transformation at the National Security Council in the White House. Helaina has spent the past 11 years at the Department of State developing and managing multi-million-dollar innovative initiatives related to energy, climate change and environmental issues. She has served in a diverse set of roles, including as a lead sustainability advisor developing the Department’s global air quality monitoring program, leading several Bureau of Energy Resources’ policy priorities overseas, and as a lead negotiator on the U.S. delegation at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Before joining the Department of State, she held positions focused on philanthropic engagement and trade promotion. Helaina holds an M.P.A. focused on global energy management and a B.A. in International Affairs, both from The George Washington University. LOGISTICS: [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.state.gov/upcoming-digital-press-briefing-president-bidens-visit-to-angola/ Published and (C) by U.S. State Dept Content appears here under this condition or license: Public Domain. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/usstate/