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Corporate Members Christie and Fred Delfanian; Sandra Faltemier Shireen and Reekah Betty Beer Franklin Platinum ($2,500+) Molly and Greg Enz Mary Haggar Daktronics, Inc. Kathleen Fairfax and Mark Luebker; Sarah Clark Hanson South Dakota First Bank and Trust Janice and Don Froehlich Christine Hellekson D. Lee and Anne Gabel; Samuel, Jonas, Arlene (Susie) Hendrickson World Affairs Council Silver ($500-$999) Paul, Evangeline and Maria Joan Huber Bel Brands USA Sally Gilman and John Grubman Barb Iverson Portal to the World Falcon Plastics, Inc. Harry and Lillian Greenbaum Linda Kott Fathi Halaweish Judith Kroll Contributor ($100-$499) Niall Hannan and Lara Prihodko Lynn Langner Banner Associates, Inc. Ruth Harper and Larry Rogers Mary McQuillen Since 2004, dedicated to educating, inspiring and engaging Harms Oil Company Tim and Mary Harvey Sandra Moore South Dakotans in learning about world affairs and critical Hawley Insurance Edward and Joan Hogan Pam Naessig TV Productions Aki and Tomoko Ichinomiya Rock Nelson global issues of our times. W. Carter and Janet Johnson Helen Lynette Olson Members Lucy and Kevin Kephart Larry Ort Delmer and Mary Lonowski Denise Ottenbacher Silver Sponsor ($500-$999) Pam, Parker and Courtney Merchant Valerie Parsley Annual Report, 2013-2014 Jon Jenks Scott Meyer and Taylor Mertz Omathanu Permual Tom and Jeanne Jones Manzer John and Kathy Miller Carol J. Peterson Vikram and Harsha Mistry Gregory Peterson Contributor ($100-$499) Mary and Lon Moeller Carol Pitts Robert and Donna Burns Darrell and Luanne Napton Waneen Polly Marcia and David Chicoine Laurie and Tim Nichols Karen Pratt Prudence DeBates Lawrence C. Novotny Shafiqur Rahman Margaret Denton Cindy Ostlie and Don Auger Suzanne Ries Chandradhar and Prahba Dwivedi Jason Owens and Kelley Tilmon Aaron Schultz Board of Directors Scott Meyer Bob and Pat Fishback Amanda and Benjamin Quam Allison Sinning Term End, Standing Committee 2015, Promotions/Marketing Van D. and Barbara Fishback Maria Ramos-Garcia and Joel Rauber; Anna Thomas Stenvig Nels H. and DeAnna Granholm Gail and Rosemary Robertson R. K. Thompson Robert Burns, Past Chair Peggy Miller Judd and Jaclyn Guthmiller Tom, Doris and Glenn Schumacher Kristi Tornquist 2016, Membership, Nominating, 2014, Fund Development Ken and Mary A. Haug Ron and Jo Ann Sckerl Tobias Uecker Executive Ryan Mudder Bonny Specker and Howard Wey Evren Wiltse Mildred K. Hugghins 2014, Promotions/Marketing Larry and Marcia Janssen Harriet and Dean Swedlund Yi “Charlie” Zhang Marcia Chicoine Alan and Carole Johnson Karen and Bob Thaler 2016, Membership Jason Owens Richard and MaryJo Lee Della and Craig Tschetter Student ($5) Chandradhar Dwivedi, Vice Chair 2016, Promotions/Marketing David and Mary McCaa Steven and Jennifer Wingate Jordan Abu-Sirriya 2014, Program, Executive Waneen Polly Peggy Miller Sarah and Charles Woodard Abdullah Saeed Moaith Alaqahtani 2015, Fund Development Francine and Thomas Moudry Cole Breuer Molly Enz Janice and Michael Mullin Individual ($35) Ethan Brown 2014, Program Aaron Schultz Maria Spitz Phil Baker Hanna Distel Kathleen Fairfax 2016, Finance Mary Bibby Jordan Goodall Harriet and Harvey Svec 2016, Program Gail and Larry Tidemann Stephanie Bohlen Grey Jensen Harriet Swedlund, Secretary Evert Van der Sluis and Marylka Jakubczak; Shelly Brandenburger Josh Johnson Barbara Fishback 2015, Membership Helen and Adam Gerald Brazones Bryce Kummer 2016, Membership Harriet Svec Mary Caspers-Graper Max Lebedev Nels Granholm, Chair 2016, Membership Family ($50) Jihong Cole-Dai Ryan Mudder 2015, Executive John and Meghan Anderson Deb DeBates Jeremy Rud Gail Tidemann, Treasurer Madeleine and Alfred Andrawis W. Rory Dickson Katie Schwebach Judd Guthmiller 2015, Finance Sherwood and Elizabeth Berg Tom Dobbs Chelsea Taylor 2014, Fund Development Evert Van der Sluis Chris and Mary Chase Michael Doyle Fathi Halaweish 2015, Program 2014, Promotions/Marketing Charles Woodard Collaborators, funders and in-kind supporters for programs Richard Lee 2015, Program For about information 2016, Promotions/Marketing about SDWAC, contact: South Dakota State University – Academic Affairs; Briggs Library; International Affairs and Outreach; Journalism and Mass Ex officio Communication; Modern Languages and Global Studies; University Marketing and Communications Delmer Lonowski 2014, Program Jeanne Jones Manzer 605-688-5416 Brookings Economic Development Corporation; Daktronics, Inc.; Dakotah Territory International Visitors Program; Executive Director [email protected] Osher Lifelong Learning Institute; Sioux Falls in the World; South Dakota Art Museum; University Center David McCaa 2015, Finance Tim Hogan www.southdakotaworldaffairscouncil.org Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis; Open World Leadership Center; National Committee on U.S.-China Relations; Legal Advisor facebook.com/SDWorldAffairsCouncil Turkish Cultural Foundation; World Affairs Councils of America with support from Carnegie Corporation of New York and Carlson and Carlson Family Foundation SDWAC annual report (13-14) CF_Layout 1 4/23/14 2:31 PM Page 2

SOUTH DAKOTA WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL, 2013-2014 NOVEMBER 5, 2013 Turkey: Past, Present and Why it Matters SDSU faculty presentations included Our Year of Events continued the effort to find innovative approaches to and conversation W. Rory Dickson on Sufism as practiced in Turkey to help understand Islam and about global challenges. An array of live and multimedia programs engaged audiences in the Evern Celik Wiltse describing the summer demonstrations that gave voice to political region with education and discussion about world affairs. In 2014, SDWAC celebrates 10 dissent as Turkey’s democracy grows. years of bringing important insight about world affairs to citizens across the state and region. NOVEMBER 19, 2013 Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam The intersection of the world’s MAY 3, 2013 great three religions came together in a discussion led by S.D. Humanities Council Annual SDWAC Member Meeting at Daktronics headquarters started with Kazakh scholar Ahrar Ahmad. The program was held in collaboration with Hilton M. Briggs hors d’oeuvre buffet and continued with a taped presentation by U.S. Ambassador to Library at SDSU. Kazakhstan, Kenneth Fairfax, about diplomatic efforts, culture and people to prepare for Open World delegates coming in June. DECEMBER 11, 2013 WACA Cover to Cover Author Call Douglas Foster, Medill School of Journalism, JUNE 20-29, 2013 Northwestern University and author of After Mandela: The Struggle for Freedom in Open World/FHI 360, Open World/FHI 360 Young leaders from Kazakhstan learned about agricultural Evern Celik Wiltse, Turkey: Past, Present Post Apartheid South Africa looked at lasting world influence through the life of Kazakhstan visitors diversification in South Dakota. Six young professionals visited and observed and Why it Matters post-apartheid South African president and Nobel Prize-winner Nelson Mandela. restoration of the prairie, dryland farming techniques and entrepreneurial ventures along with other regional sites. Host families shared domestic life in America. JANUARY 23-24, 2014 Cybersecurity SDWAC Annual Symposium Michael McNerney, cybersecurity, JULY 12, 2013 information technology and defense consultant to private sector and government WACA Hot Topics Call “Egypt: Political Islam in Crisis,” gave members the opportunity agencies, presented “Cyberwar: How the Internet Changes World Conflict” as a to hear from Dr. Shadi Hamid, director of Research at the Brookings Doha Center and Harding Lecture. Panels the next day examined personal, corporate, and national fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, live from threats to cybersecurity and steps to protect from the growing international scourge. Doha, Qatar. K-12 Teachers Travel to Turkey Ahrar Ahmad, Children of Abraham: FEBRUARY 5, 2014 Judaism, Christianity, Islam JULY 13-17, 2013 WACA Hot Topics Call: Snowden, Syria and Sochi Georgetown professor Angela Travel to Turkey Three South Dakota middle and high school teachers made a Stent gave her perspective before the Sochi Olympics as director of the Center of 2,000-mile study tour of Turkey sponsored by the Turkish Cultural Foundation which Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies. She is the author of The Limits of provided a historic and contemporary understanding of current world affairs. Lessons Partnership: U.S.-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century. brought back to their classrooms build greater world knowledge and understanding. FEBRUARY 11, 2014 AUGUST 8, 2013 WACA Cover to Cover Author Call Marwan Muasher, Carnegie Endowment for Grassroots Democracy and Green Villages: Tahrir Square to South Dakota brought International Peace talked about his book The Second Arab Awakening and the Battle Salah Arafa, Physics Professor at American University in Cairo, to tell audiences that Salah Arafa, Grassroots Democracy and for Pluralism. Michael McNerney, Green Villages: Tahrir Square to S.D. “no peace or progress for any comes without political will for social justice and good Cybersecurity Symposium governance.” It comes from 1) including everybody, 2) listening to all, 3) presenting FEBRUARY 19, 2014 a solution and 4) taking a majority vote. WACA Webinar: Mapping the Nation held in conjunction with the Asia Society and the Longview Foundation used a million data points to demonstrate the international OCTOBER 7, 2013 connections of every state and county in the United States. The Korea Economic Institute of America presented a public lecture, Looking for Peace in an Unstable Northeast Asia as a prelude to simulated Six Party Talks between MARCH 11, 2014 North and South Korea, Japan, China, Russia and the U.S. concerning North Korea’s WACA Cover to Cover Author Call David Keith, Harvard Kennedy School, described nuclear weapons program. solutions to climate change in his book A Case for Climate Engineering. China Town Hall, former Secretary of State Col. D. Lee Gabel, Ukraine-Russia: Madeleine Albright webinar Perspectives on the Current Crisis OCTOBER 17, 2013 MARCH 27, 2014 Not My Life A film about human trafficking worldwide. David Jal, a Lost Boy from Ukraine-Russia: Perspectives on the Current Crisis Retired U.S. Army Colonel Sudan, described being abducted to become a child soldier and U.S. Attorney Brendan D. Lee Gabel outlined the historical and contemporary circumstances that has led Johnson told of his efforts to stop human trafficking in South Dakota. Funded by the to a conflict threatening world security with potential return to the Cold War. Carlson Family Foundation. MARCH 31, 2014 OCTOBER 28, 2013 A Fractured Society Confronts Hydraulic Fracturing History professor Patty Limerick, China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections A webinar live from chair of the Center of the American West, applies historical perspective to contemporary Washington, D.C., with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright who looked at conflict to shape informed thought. U.S. energy independence is one of WACA’s Six Not My Life, “Lost Boy” David Jal and Ryan Mudder, SDWAC board member, U. S Attorney Brendan Johnson ongoing efforts in diplomacy with China. Charles Freeman, an international policy Top Issues for 2014. and our display at one of the events advisor from Washington D.C., was on-site at Daktronics in Brookings to speak to a local audience about his experiences with multinational companies trading with China.