When:
Monday, May 11, 2026
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM CT
Where: 720 University Place, Second Floor, Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Roberta Buffett Institute
buffettinstitute@northwestern.edu
Group: Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Category: Global & Civic Engagement
Thomas O. Melia is a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Democracy & Civil Society, after serving (2021–2025) as senior advisor on foreign policy to recently-retired Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Maryland). Earlier, Melia served in the Obama Administration as USAID's Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Throughout his career, in the nonprofit world and in government service, he has focused on the promotion of democracy and human rights globally.
With the support of the Roberta Buffett Institute, he will be a short-term Practitioner in Residence at Northwestern University in May 2026.
Lunch will be served at 12:15 p.m. More details forthcoming.