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2012
ANNUAL
MEETING
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June
20
Ljubomir
(L.J.)
Stambuk
Afghanistan:
Should
We
Leave
or
Stay?
An
Eyewitness
Account
Dr.
Neil
Sheth,
M.D.
Global
Health
Humanitarian
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Join
the
World
Affairs
Council
of
Charlotte
for
brief
presentations
on
Afghanistan
by
Ljubomir
(L.J.)
Stambuk,
President
of
the
World
Affairs
Council
of
Charlotte
and
global
health
(humanitarian
aid
and
relief)
by
Dr.
Neil
Sheth
April 9:
A six-member delegation of the World
Affairs Councils, including Ljubomir
Stambuk, President of the World
Affairs Council of Charlotte visited
Kabul March 25-31 at the invitation
of U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
Ryan C. Crocker. Read
More
Date: Wednesday,
June
20
Venue: Private resident in south Charlotte. Info will be provided upon confirmation of reservation and payment.
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Cost: $18 (WACC members) / $30 (Non-members) - dinner and wine served
RSVP online via PayPal or you may call 704-687-7762 for credit card payments over the phone. If you prefer sending a check, please make it payable to "World Affairs Council of Charlotte" and mail it to our office.
All reservation cancellations must be completed at least 3 business days prior to an event in order to receive a full refund.
Online reservations are closed. Please call 705-687-7762 or e-mail lbranson@worldaffairscharlotte.org to be placed on the waiting list for this program.
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Biography:
Ljubomir
Stambuk
Ljubomir
(L.J.)
Stambuk
was
born
in
Belgrade,
Yugoslavia
and
now
resides
in
Charlotte.
As a
child
and
young
man,
LJ
traveled
extensively
around
the
world
with
his
diplomat
family,
including
living
for
4
years
in
Burma
and
Holland,
respectively.
He
received
his
undergraduate
degree
in
International
Economics
and
Business
from
the
University
of
Belgrade,
where
he
graduated
in
the
top
1%.
Stambuk
also
received
a
Master’s
degree
in
Business
and
Organizational
Development
from
Cornell
University.
L.J.
has
over
20
years
of
senior
leadership
experience
in
operations
management,
business
development,
marketing,
human
resources
and
strategic
planning.
He
served
as
COO
of
Applied
Semiconductor,
Inc.
a
coating
and
technology
company,
Senior
Vice
President
of
Ahold
USA,
Inc.,
a
leading
multinational
retail
company,
and
Executive
Vice
President
for
Global
Markets
and
Division
President
for
Centrocoop,
Inc.,
a
major
European
international
trade
corporation.
L.J.
moved
to
Charlotte
in
2006
and
became
the
Executive
Director
of
The
World
Affairs
Council
of
Charlotte,
an
international
education
non-profit.
During
his
tenure
he,
built-up
the
organization
both
in
membership,
community
visibility
and
standing,
and
managed
to
lead
the
non-profit
during
the
recession
to
the
best
financial
performance
since
its’
founding
25
years
ago.
He
is
credited
in
succeeding
in
engaging
the
greater
Charlotte
community
in
the
international
affairs
dialogue
by
bringing
high-level
speakers
to
the
area
to
discuss
international
economics,
global
politics
and
Charlotte’s
role
in
the
world.
L.J.
is
also
engaged
in
helping
attract
foreign
and
global
companies
to
Charlotte.
He
was
promoted
to
WACC
President
in
2010.
Biography:
Dr.
Neil
Sheth
Neil
Sheth
was
born
and
raised
in
New
York,
NY.
He
graduated
Cum
Laude
from
the
University
of
Pennsylvania
(Class
of
1997)
with
a
BSE
in
Biomedical
Engineering,
and
a
minor
in
Finance
and
Mathematics.
Following
graduation,
Neil
completed
a
two
year
financial
analyst
program
in
the
Healthcare
Investment
Banking
Division
at
Salomon
Smith
Barney
in
New
York,
NY.
He
continued
with
his
education
by
earning
his
M.D.
degree
at
the
Albany
Medical
College
prior
to
starting
his
Orthopaedic
Surgery
residency
training
at
the
Hospital
of
the
University
of
Pennsylvania.
In
2010,
he
completed
a
one-year
fellowship
in
Adult
Hip
and
Knee
Reconstruction
at
Rush
University
in
Chicago,
IL,
and
completed
additional
6
week
fellowship
training
on
the
treatment
of
infection
at
the
Endo
Klinik
in
Hamburg,
Germany.
He
moved
to
Charlotte,
NC
in
2010
to
join
Orthocarolina.
Dr. Sheth has had a deep passion for global health, inspired by his mentor Enyi Okereke, MD at the University of Pennsylvania. After the passing of his mentor in 2008, while on a medical mission in Nigeria, Dr. Sheth has focused his global health efforts on exploring the role of Orthopaedic Surgery in low and middle income countries. He led a 15 member team to Awka, Nigeria last September on a medical mission to treat patients with lower extremity arthritis, injuries and deformities. He has just returned from another mission trip to Tanzania. He is now working on designing new plans to change systems in these countries in order to be able to deliver orthopaedic care to a larger portion of the population. Dr. Sheth is relocating his practice to an academic setting and will be spending a portion of his time teaching global health to medical/graduate students.
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