WAYNEG.

GRIFFITH

FOREIGNAFFAIRSANDINTERNATIONALMANAGEMENT
Threedecadesofextensiveindepthexpertiseincrossculturalissuesandinternationalaffairs
through assignments in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and Washington.
Comprehensive and increasingly responsible Foreign Service and Senior Foreign Service
positionsattheoperational,supervisory,managerialandseniorpolicylevels.Particularskills
and experience in crisis management. Fluent in Spanish. Security clearances: Top Secret;
Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI); humint; sigint; elint; imint; Q; NATO; crypto;
variousTS/SCIprogramclearances.
U.S.DEPARTMENTOFSTATE,19722002
DeputyAssistantSecretaryofState,BureauofConsularAffairs,20012002

Determinedglobaloperationalandsecuritypoliciesregardingtheadmissionofforeign
nationalstotheUnitedStates.
RepresentedtheDepartmentofStateininteragencydiscussionsandnegotiationsatthe
WhiteHouse,OfficeofHomelandSecurity,CIA,DepartmentofJustice,FBI,andINS
followingtheSeptember11terroristattacks.
PersonallybriefedandadvisedtheSecretaryofState,theDeputySecretary,theUnder
Secretary for Management and the Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs on
operational issues, security matters, interagency negotiations and Congressional
testimony.
Conducted Top Secret/SCI briefing for the House Subcommittee on Terrorism and
HomelandSecurity.
Coordinatedtheworkofover2600personnelworldwide.

ConsulGeneralandMinisterCounselorforConsularAffairs,AmericanEmbassy,London,
19982001

Restructured the highprofile visa operation to increase productivity and safeguard

nationalsecuritywhileimprovingservicetothepublicandreducingstaffing.Absorbed
17percent workload increase while lessening application turnaround time from three
weekstotwodays.Simultaneouslyreducedofficerstaffingbythreepositions,resulting
incostavoidancetotheEmbassyofnearly$1millionannually.

Ensuredtheprovisionoftargetedandtimelyemergencyandroutineconsularservicesto
250,000UKresidentAmericansandfourmillionU.S.touristsannually.
LedU.S.delegationinbordersecuritynegotiationswiththeEuropeanUnion.
PersonallybriefedH.M.QueenElizabethIIonembassyoperations.

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ConsulGeneralandMinisterCounselorforConsularAffairs, AmericanEmbassy,Tokyo,
19941998

NegotiatedinNorthKoreathereleaseofanAmericancitizenchargedwithespionage.
DirectedtheEmbassysemergencytaskforcewhichlocated2000missingAmericansin
thedevastatedcityofKobefollowingamassive7.2earthquakewhichkilled6400.
OrchestratedtheEmbassyscrisismanagementresponsefollowingtheterroristpoison
gasattackontheTokyosubwaysystemthatresultedinover5000victims.
CreatedtheEmbassystemporaryofficesattheNaganoWinterOlympics.

OtherCareerHighlights

Conceptualized,developedpolicyforandbuiltwitha$26millionbudgetthestateof
theartNationalVisaCenter,reducingworkload,staffingandbudgets athundredsof
overseaspostsbycentralizingimmigrantvisaprocessingdomestically.
As Charg dAffaires ad interim at Embassy Managua, rebuilt Embassy operations
followingtherevolutionarySandinistaregimesexpulsionoftheAmbassadorandseven
officers,andsubsequentrefusaltoallowreplacementstaff.
As Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport Services, following a prolonged
period of seniorlevel turnovers in the aftermath of the Clinton passport file search
controversyinthe1992Presidentialelection,stabilizedthedomesticpassportoperation
andmaintainedeffectiveoperationsandmoraleduringaperiodofintensemediaand
Congressionalscrutiny.
At the request ofthe Department of Defenseand the National Transportation Safety
Board, directed liaison with senior diplomatic representatives of the South Korean
governmentfollowingthecrashofaKoreanAirlines747onGuam,with230killed.
OneononeinterviewwithBryantGumbelonTheTodayShow;interviewedbyTheNew
YorkTimes,theWashingtonPost,TimeMagazine,AP,UPIandnumerousdomesticand
internationalmedia.ManyspeechesinbothEnglishandSpanish.Consultedfrequently
by Department of State spokesman on events of media interest. Served as technical
advisortotheFoxNetworktelevisionseries, TheAmericanEmbassy.Memberofthe
BoardofTrustees,LondonInternationalMuseumofChildrensArt.

EducationandTraining

B.A.,Psychology,UniversityofPennsylvania,1971
Postgraduatestudies,Nationalsecurityandforeignaffairs,NationalWarCollege,1987