On Tuesday 15th January Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Mission to the European Union, Thomas J. White will speak to the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) Brussels Branch on the subject of “Four More Years: The goals and challenges faced by the second Obama administration”.Mr White will be joined on the panel by Lorraine Benson from the Irish Permanent Representation Foreign Affairs Council Team.Mr. Thomas J. White arrived in Brussels on August 1, 2010 to assume his duties as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Mission to the European Union. He previously served as Consul General at the U.S. Consulate in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, he has served as Economic Minister-Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in France and as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Liberia.Mr. White has held several Washington assignments, including as chief U.S. aviation negotiator and as lead negotiator on the OECD Convention on Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. He has served previously in Brazil, Jerusalem, and Italy.A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mr. White earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Eisenhower College, a Masters in Public Affairs in economic development from Princeton University, and is a Distinguished Graduate of the National Defense University. He is married to Theresa Cunningham of Havertown, Pennsylvania and is the father of four children.