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, Brian Ramos , Ph. Ambassador to Georgia
(2002-2005). He has also served as Ambassador to Bulgaria (1999-2002 ), Chief
of Mission to Belgrade (1996-1999), and Ambassador to Azerbaijan (1992-93).

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Ramos brings more than 15 years of experience in cultural
resources management for public- and private-sector clients. Ramos brings a wealth
of experience, especially in transportation related projects." Cultural
resources staff at Jones + Stokes include architectural historians,
prehistoric and historical archaeologists, and preservation planning
specialists. Ramos worked for the Department Of
Transportation (Caltrans) in District 4 in the Bay Area. As the Office Chief
for Cultural Resource Studies, he managed cultural resources regulatory
compliance for all Caltrans and local agency projects on state highway
facilities for the District's nine Bay Area counties.
Open World is a unique, nonpartisan initiative of the U.

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Ramos is an expert in Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act, PRC 5024 (a provision that requires that all state agencies
preserve and maintain all state -owned historical resources) and cultural
resource studies conducted under the purview of CEQA and NEPA. Miles has
been appointed Executive Director of the Open World Leadership Center.

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Ramos earned his Ph. Ambassador Miles will assume leadership of the
program on April 3, 2006. states.S.

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He has extensive
experience working on complex cultural resource projects in California, Nevada
and Hawaii , as well as consulting with local Native American groups and the
State Office of Historic Preservation (SHPO). in Anthropology from UC Davis and his M. and Russia and other participating countries. Open World delegates range
from members of parliament to mayors, from innovative non-profit directors to
experienced journalists, and from political party activists to regional
administrators.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. "We already have a
large complement of cultural resources experts, and Dr.D. The
Open World Program is a unique, nonpartisan initiative of the U.
Ambassador Miles also worked in the Offices for Soviet and East European
and Yugoslav Affairs and in the Politico-Military Bureau at the State
Department. Hollings (D-SC) on an American
Political Science Fellowship in 1983-1984, and in 1987-1988 was a fellow at
Harvard University's Center for International Affairs .

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Prior to joining Jones + Stokes, Dr. in Communication Studies
from California State University , Sacramento. I look forward to building upon Open
World's many successes and its invaluable role as a conduit for substantive
and lasting collaboration between citizens of the former Soviet Union and the
American people.

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Established in 1970, Jones + Stokes is a multidisciplinary , employee-owned
environmental consulting firm headquartered in Sacramento.S.

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, has been
hired by Jones + Stokes as a Senior Archaeologist on the firm's Cultural
Resources Team.
"We are very pleased that Ambassador Miles has agreed to lead the Open
World Program," said Librarian of Congress Dr. The program's administering agency, the Open World Leadership
Center, is a legislative branch entity with offices at the Library of
Congress.

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Anthropology from UC Davis. and
Russia, and other countries has never been more challenging -- or more
important -- than today .
He also served in the 1990s as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U. Congress that
builds mutual understanding between the emerging leaders of participating
countries and their U.

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Ambassador Richard Miles Named Executive Director of 'Open World' Program

He worked for Senator Ernest F.

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WASHINGTON, The Open World Leadership Center
Board of Trustees announced today that former Ambassador Richard M. The delegates
travel to communities throughout the U. Billington, Open
World's founder and Chairman of the Open World Leadership Center's Board of
Trustees.

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Contact: Julie Black-Jessen
916-737-3000

James H. He most recently served as U.S. Embassy
in Moscow and as Consul General in Leningrad (now St. Embassy Office in Berlin.

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During the past seven years, Russian participants from all 88 Russian
regions have been hosted in over 1,400 communities in all 50 U. "I believe that Open World's mission has never been more
important or relevant than it is today.
For more background on Open World, please visit http://www.

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"I am honored to serve as Executive Director of Open World," said
Ambassador Miles. counterparts while exposing delegates to ideas and
practices they can adapt for use in their own work.gov.

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The firm provides a
wide range of natural resource management and planning services to public
agency and private clients throughout the West. The firm also has offices in
San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland , Los Angeles, Irvine, Temecula, San Diego,
and Bakersfield, California; Portland and Ashland, Oregon; Bellevue, Vashon,
and Olympia, Washington; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Santa Fe, New Mexico."
Ambassador Miles joins Open World after a distinguished 38 year career in
the foreign service.

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Congress
that has brought more than 10,000 emerging civic, political, economic, and
cultural leaders to the United States from Russia, Ukraine and other countries
since its inception in 1999. for short periods of intensive
professional exchange with Americans who have similar specializations while
experiencing informal cultural interaction and homestays with American hosts.
Upon return to their home countries, their involvement with the program and
with one another continues through an active alumni network.S.

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He also received a B. He brings tremendous experience, knowledge and an
appreciation for Open World's critical role in creating informal links between
the U. We all look forward to
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Ramos' expertise strengthens Jones + Stokes' cultural resources
services," says John Cowdery, Jones + Stokes CEO/President. "He is the ideal person to oversee the program's continuing growth
at a time when its role in building closer relations between the U.

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Principal Officer of the U.

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Nominated by their professional peers , Open World delegates are chosen
from among the most promising members of their professions. Since 2005, Ambassador
Miles has served as Chairman of the Kennan Institute Advisory Council at the
Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC.

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Since 2003, Open World has conducted pilot programs with Ukraine, Lithuania
and Uzbekistan.S.