UANI Announces New President, Ambassador Kristen Silverberg

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2012 Contact: Nathan Carleton, press@uani.com Phone: (212) 554-3296 UANI Announces New President, Ambassador Kristen Silverberg New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is pleased to announce that Ambassador Kristen Silverberg, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union and longtime member of UANI's Advisory Board, has accepted the position of President of UANI. Said UANI CEO, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace:      We are honored that Kristen has joined UANI as President. Kristen is a highly respected U.S. diplomat, and an expert on U.S.-European relations. As the former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union and a longtime friend and supporter of UANI, she is uniquely qualified to assist in guiding UANI as it continues its global campaign to economically isolate the Iranian regime. Ambassador Silverberg serves as the COO of Vorbeck Materials, a nanotechnology company in Maryland. Prior to her position as U.S. Ambassador to the EU, she served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. She previously held a number of positions in President George W. Bush's administration, including Deputy Assistant to the President and Advisor to the White House Chief of Staff. In 2003, she served as Senior Advisor to Ambassador L. Paul Bremer in Baghdad, Iraq. Ambassador Silverberg formerly practiced law at Williams and Connolly, LLP in Washington, D.C. She was a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Judge David Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals. She graduated from Harvard College and the University of Texas School of Law. She has been selected by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader of 2009. She received the Secretary of Defense Award for Outstanding Public Service. Click here for more information about UANI's leadership and advisory board.   ###

United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is a program of the American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran, Inc., a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran should concern every American and be unacceptable to the community of nations. Since 1979 the Iranian regime, most recently under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's leadership, has demonstrated increasingly threatening behavior and rhetoric toward the US and the West. Iran continues to defy the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations in their attempts to monitor its nuclear activities. A number of Arab states have warned that Iran's development of nuclear weapons poses a threat to Middle East stability and could provoke a regional nuclear arms race. In short, the prospect of a nuclear armed Iran is a danger to world peace. United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is a non-partisan, broad-based coalition that is united in a commitment to prevent Iran from fulfilling its ambition to become a regional super-power possessing nuclear weapons.  UANI is an issue-based coalition in which each coalition member will have its own interests as well as the collective goal of advancing an Iran free of nuclear weapons. The Objectives of United Against a Nuclear Iran Inform the public about the nature of the Iranian regime, including its desire and intent to possess nuclear weapons, as well as Iran's role as a state sponsor of global terrorism, and a major violator of human rights at home and abroad; Heighten awareness nationally and internationally about the danger that a nuclear armed Iran poses to the region and the world; Mobilize public support, utilize media outreach, and persuade our elected leaders to voice a robust and united American opposition to a nuclear Iran; Lay the groundwork for effective US policies in coordination with European and other allies; Persuade the regime in Tehran to desist from its quest for nuclear weapons, while striving not to punish the Iranian people, and; Promote efforts that focus on vigorous national and international, social, economic, political and diplomatic measures. UANI is led by an advisory board of outstanding national figures representing all sectors of our country.