TEDxWrigleyville 2020 Theme: “Humanity, a View From Inside the Pandemic,” filmed inside Wrigley Field (Chicago) amidst civil unrest and with full compliance of Covid-19 related quarantine restrictions.
[Ms. Shea delivered her talk during significant rebuilding and construction noise following massive protests throughout the Chicago area.]
In her talk, “What’s my Government Ever Done for me?” Ms. Cécile Shea uses her over 25 years of experience as a high level diplomat to describe the purpose and role of federal institutions in response to disasters.
Cécile Shea is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow on Security and Diplomacy at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and President of Wakaru Consulting LLC.
An expert on the complicated relationships between political institutions, societies, businesses, and security organizations, Cécile provides her expertise to businesses and non-profit institutions and appears frequently in the national and international media.
Along with being a former national security affairs fellow at the Hoover Institute, Cécile was a U.S. diplomat for over 25 years, including tours in Japan, Thailand, Pakistan, and Israel. She also served as the political advisor to the half of the US Marine Corps posted in the Pacific, as a foreign policy fellow in the office of former Senator Lieberman, and as the senior US representative to Scotland. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
What’s my Government Ever Done for me? | Cécile Shea | TEDxWrigleyville