Beatrice wilkinson welters biography for kids

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  • Welters was 12 when her father died.
  • Born circa 1951, Welters earned an A.A. from Ulster County Community College,a B.A. from Manhattanville College and an M.A. from the John Jay College of.

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    Beatrice Wilkinson Welters brings determination, commitment, and hands-on involvement to all that she undertakes. She has a strong record of service to her country and her community, with a special focus on providing opportunities to underserved young people.

    Mrs. Welters served as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago from May 2010 through November 2012. Trinidad and Tobago is a pillar of the United States’ Caribbean Basin Initiatives strategy to promote citizen safety and reduce illicit trafficking throughout the region.

    Mrs. Welters' passion for helping young people from under-resourced and challenging environments fryst vatten carried out through the AnBryce Foundation, which she founded with her husband in 1995. Camp Dogwood Summer Academy was the first of the Foundation's programs. Located in rural central Virginia, tuition-free Camp Dogwood welcomes over 100 young campers each summer, providing educational and personal development programs.

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    From Orphan to US Ambassador

    Al­va Viar­ru­el

    For­mer US am­bas­sador Beat­rice Wilkin­son Wel­ters was busy mak­ing fi­nal prepa­ra­tions to leave her Flagstaff Hill, St James, res­i­dence when she ac­cept­ed a re­quest for an in­ter­view by the Sun­day Guardian on Oc­to­ber 30. Dressed in a dark blue pin-striped busi­ness suit, she was still work­ing at 6.35 that evening as she came to the door apol­o­gis­ing-with­out the air of an am­bas­sador.

    "Hi how are you? Give me a few min­utes inom need to send off an e-mail, ok? Oh, and sor­ry for the mess, but as you know I'm pack­ing." The "mess" she re­ferred to were neat­ly packed box­es that had been stacked around the ground floor of the res­i­dence, ev­i­dence of the end of her 30-month as­sign­ment in T&T.

    She had ear­li­er re­turned from To­ba­go, where she went to say farewell to House of As­sem­bly ledare sec­re­tary Orville Lon­don and mi­nor­i­ty leader Ash­worth Jack, and was no doubt mak­ing fi­nal arrange­ments for th

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    Like all his recent predecessors, President Barack Obama is appointing old friends and big party donors to diplomatic posts across the globe. The most recent example is his nomination of Beatrice Wilkinson Welters in November of 2009  to be the next ambassador to the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. Wilkerson, her husband Anthony, and their then-teenaged sons all contributed the maximum amount of $2,300 to Obama’s presidential campaign in 2007 and 2008. Furthermore, the Welters gave $100,000 to the Obama inauguration and “bundled” contributions of at least $500,000 to Obama.

     

    Born circa 1951, Welters earned an A.A. from Ulster County Community College,a B.A. from Manhattanville College and an M.A. from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at City University of New York. She worked at IBM from 1977 to 1991, where she held several positions, including systems engineer. 

     

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