September 23 Forum: Honoring Excellence in PD Leadership by a Senior Officer - Camille P. Dawson, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Meet Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Camille P. Dawson, recipient of the 2024 PDCA Award for Public Diplomacy Leadership by a Senior Officer.She will be our guest at the September 23, 2024, PDCA Forum, at noon at the University of Southern California Capital Campus, 1771 N St NW, Washington, DC 20036. A light lunch is being provided by PDCA for those who register in advance and who arrive by 11:45.
Ms. Dawson was recognized for integrating public diplomacy strategies across the range of foreign policy objectives in support of the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy. PDCA noted that Dawson also built effective partnerships between the State Department and DOD military commands, leading to better PD coordination.
The program is sponsored by PDCA and its partners, the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy and the George Washington University Institute for Public Diplomacy & Global Communication. PDCA is grateful to the University of Southern California for hosting the event.
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Camille Dawson is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with 24 years of experience designing and implementing diplomatic and public engagement strategies for the U.S. Department of State.
She assumed the role of Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs in September 2021 with responsibility for public diplomacy as well as regional and security policy. Prior to this, she served briefly as the Public Diplomacy Fellow and Faculty Advisor at the George Washington University. From 2019 to 2021, she was Director of the Office of Public Diplomacy for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. In previous assignments she served as Counselor for Public Affairs at U.S. Embassy Singapore where she also held the role of Acting Deputy Chief of Mission for one year (2016-2019); Africa Regional Media Hub Director in Johannesburg, South Africa (2013-2016); Outreach Unit Chief in Shanghai, China (2009-2013); Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer in Beijing, China (2005-2009); Deputy Spokesperson in Beijing, China (2003-2005); and Consular and Political Officer in Manila, Philippines (2000-2002). Camille serves as a Board Member of Executive Women at State.
Camille received her Bachelor’s degree with honors from the University of Texas and a Master of International Affairs degree with a focus on International Security Policy from Columbia University. She speaks Mandarin Chinese and has studied Japanese, Tagalog, French, and Spanish. She is a mother of two, an advocate for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, and an avid reader, traveler, and sports enthusiast.