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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Cheryl Hodge, who departed from us too soon when she transitioned last
year, was a beacon at the Department of State. At the end of her 40-year

career as a Civil Servant at the State Department, Cheryl was the Chief of the
Policy Division in the Office of Performance Evaluation, in the Bureau of
Human Resources. Hosts of United States Ambassadors were mentored under
her leadership. One of her - and our - most significant celebrations was when

General Colin Powell, as United States Secretary of State, presented Cheryl
with the International State Department Award for Civil Rights. Over decades
she had transformed the Foreign Service, encouraging inclusiveness and

diversity among the Diplomatic Corps. We, her colleagues and mentees,
remember her as “someone who dedicated herself to improving the human
resources system at every opportunity, uniting Civil Service and Foreign
Service personnel in immeasurable ways, and touching the lives of all she

encountered.” Cheryl was a born leader, role model and motivator. Her
strength and wise counsel in times of crisis helped shape U.S. Foreign Policy.
This is our tribute to Cheryl and her legacy in Civil Service at the State

Department.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

I am Nan Donnells and I served in the Department of the Treasury for over 32
years. I served as Senior Advisor for International Programs in the Office of

Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes. I worked with multilateral
organizations, including the Financial Action Task Force, to develop
international standards, policies, and programs to counter terrorist financing

and money laundering for implementation by governments worldwide. I also
worked directly with foreign government officials to help them in drafting or
amending their government’s legislation to strengthen controls to prevent,
deter, detect, investigate, prosecute, and sanction terrorist financing, money

laundering, and other financial crimes. In addition, I conducted assessments
of foreign government regimes to ensure that their anti-money laundering and
counter-terrorist financing laws, regulations, policies and programs were

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