With India becoming more important in the US strategic calculus, it’s not a surprise that some of the best and brightest are being sent to helm the American embassy in New Delhi. One such is Elizabeth Fitzsimmons.
The spokesperson of the US embassy, who is a familiar figure at the capital’s social circuit, is headed for bigger things. She has been chosen as a fellow of the International Women’s Forum’s (IWF) Leadership Foundation, a global organisation of pre-eminent women of diverse achievement for 2009-2010. The IWF boasts of an illustrious alumni list that includes Queen Rania of Jordan, Madeleine Albright, former US secretary of state, and Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland.
The only Indian in the list of 25 women chosen for this honour this year is Archana Handa, director, corporate communications, at CISCO systems. Fitzsimmons, who carries off a sari with aplomb, is upbeat. “I am really excited about it,” she says.
