State of BPIA Annual BPIA Members Meeting Featuring Keynote Speaker Spencer Boyer

BPIA Annual Members Meeting 

Monday, December 9, 2024 | 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. EST | Virtual 

Zoom Link (Received in confirmation email) 

Keynote Speaker: Spencer P. Boyer is a Partner at DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group (DGA-ASG), leading the firm's National Security, Defense, and Aerospace practice. Directly before joining DGA-ASG, he spent the 2024 winter academic term in residence at Dartmouth College as the Magro Family Distinguished Fellow in International Affairs at the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, where he taught a course on Russian influence in Europe.

Spencer served for nearly 3 years in the Biden administration as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy. He was responsible for managing the day-to-day defense relationship between the United States and NATO, the EU, and over 40 European countries. His government service includes senior roles in both terms of the Obama administration. From 2009 – 2011, he was a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, where his portfolio included Western Europe, public diplomacy, and public affairs. From 2014 – 2017, he was the National Intelligence Officer (NIO) for Europe in the National Intelligence Council—the center for long-range strategic thinking within the U.S. Intelligence Community. As NIO, he served as the senior European affairs analyst and principal subject matter expert on Europe for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and as the primary bridge between the intelligence and policy communities on European affairs.

Spencer began his professional career as an Associate with the global law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue in Washington, D.C. Subsequently, he worked in The Hague as a Law Clerk to the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, in Zurich as a Staff Attorney at the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland, and in Paris as Counsel at the International Court of Arbitration. He has also served as Director of Corporate Affairs at a Fortune 500 financial services company in San Francisco.

The Annual Meeting Program Includes:

• State of the Organization Presentation 
• Q&A
• Announcement of 2025 Elected BPIA Board Members 
• Networking Time

Open to BPIA members only and invited guests.