*Due to filming of this lecture we will be closing the doors at 5:30 pm, so be sure to
arrive on time.
Global Security Lecture: Countering Violent Extremism in Syria and Beyond
Samar S. Ali
Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, 5:30 pm* - Toyota Auditorium
Samar S. Ali is a Nashville attorney with Bone McAllester Norton PLLC, where she
concentrates her practice on cross-border transactions, international law and private
diplomacy. Ali also served as assistant commissioner for International Affairs for Gov. Bill
Haslam and was a White House Fellow, where, she served as an adviser on the senior
staff of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. Immediately following her
fellowship, she worked as an adviser to the Department of Homeland Security in
Washington, DC and in Doha, Qatar. From 2007 to 2010, Samar was an associate with
Hogan Lovells US LLP; she worked in Washington, DC and the United Arab Emirates and
established that firm’s office in Abu Dhabi. Samar is also an adjunct professor at
Vanderbilt University, where she teaches courses in international relations. She received
her BS in political science with honors from Vanderbilt and was the school’s first Arab-
American elected as Student Body President. She graduated with her JD from Vanderbilt
University Law School.
Free & Open to the Public!
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