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Cherry Creek Chamber
Annual Luncheon
Thursday, February 10th
JW Marriott - Cherry Creek
12:00pm - 1:30pm (registration begins at 11:30am)


Keynote Speaker:
Ambassador Christopher R. Hill


*see bio below

Ambassador Christopher R. Hill is the Cherry Creek Chamber of Commerce's keynote speaker on Thursday, February 10th at the JW Marriott in Cherry Creek. KCNC Channel 4 weatherman, Ed Greene is the emcee.

The theme this year is Building Community through Teamwork. Join us and meet fellow Cherry Creek business owners and leaders in the community at Cherry Creek's premiere luncheon!

Date: Thursday, February 10th
Location: JW Marriott 150 Clayton Lane
Grand Ballroom
Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm
Cost: $50.00 Early Registration by Jan. 31
Registration opens December 21st
Late Registration: $65.00 beginning Feb. 1
pay be credit card on line - no refunds

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Christopher R. Hill Bio:

Ambassador Christopher R. Hill is the Dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at The University of Denver.

Christopher Robert Hill served as the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, from April 2009 until August 2010. He joined the Josef Korbel School of International Studies in September 2010. He is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service whose prior assignment was Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. He has also served as Ambassador to the Republic of Korea. On February 14, 2005, he was named as the Head of the U.S. delegation to the Six-Party Talks on the North Korean nuclear issue. Previously he has served as U.S. Ambassador to Poland (2000-2004), Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia (1996-1999) and Special Envoy to Kosovo (1998-1999). He also served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Southeast European Affairs in the National Security Council.

Earlier in his Foreign Service career, Ambassador Hill served tours in Belgrade, Warsaw, Seoul, and Tirana, and on the Department of State's Policy Planning staff and in the Department’s Operation Center. While on a fellowship with the American Political Science Association he served as a staff member for Congressman Stephen Solarz working on Eastern European issues. He also served as the Department of State's Senior Country Officer for Poland. Ambassador Hill received the State Department’s Distinguished Service Award for his contributions as a member of the U.S. negotiating team in the Bosnia peace settlement, and was a recipient of the Robert S. Frasure Award for Peace Negotiations for his work on the Kosovo crisis. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Ambassador Hill served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon.

Ambassador Hill graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine with a B.A. in Economics. He received a Master's degree from the Naval War College in 1994. He speaks Polish, Serbo-Croatian, and Macedonian.