The Consuls Reception is a festive gathering that honors the Consular Corps serving Boston and New England, and celebrates WorldBoston’s mission of international engagement and global cooperation. The Consuls Reception draws distinguished guests from business, government, academia and the community to mingle with other internationally-minded leaders over delicious light fare and drinks. This landmark event in Greater Boston’s international calendar takes place in the Harborview Room on the 31st floor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston against a sparkling backdrop of Boston Harbor by night.

The keynote speaker for the 10th Annual Consuls Reception is Ambassador Susan E. Rice! Amb. Rice served President Barack Obama as National Security Advisor from 2013 to 2017 and as the United States Ambassador to United Nations from 2009 to 2013. During the Clinton administration, she was U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1997 to 2001. Currently, she is Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow at the School of International Service at American University, a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times.

For more event details, click here!

Important Note: The 21st James D. Kaufman International Citizen Award will be given just prior to the 10th Annual Consuls Reception. Tickets to the Consuls Reception do not include entrance to the award ceremony. If you would like to attend both the award ceremony and the Consuls Reception, you must sponsor the award and sponsorship will include entrance to both events. You can sponsor the 21st James D. Kaufman International Citizen Award honoring Justice Robert Cordy here!