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Mimi Gregory, Vice President of Programs and chair of the Programs Committee, has been actively involved in international affairs for the better part of 35 years. As Vice President of Programs, she is an Officer of NCWA and a member of the Executive Committee.

Her affiliation with the World Affairs Councils began in Boston, where she served as an active member of the program committee and served as its vice president. Since living in Naples, she has served as president for three years and continues as Program chair, a committee she has led for the past ten years. She was appointed vice president in April 2013.

She also chairs the NCWA Committee on Special Programs and previously chaired the Daniel Bumstead Global Scholars program, assisting several students in preparing for college and careers with emphasis in international affairs.

Mimi was appointed to the national board of the World Affairs Councils of America (WACA) in 2004 and served two terms until 2010. She was elected to serve on the Executive Committee in 2005 and concluded her last term on the WACA board in 2025.

Her affiliation with the French community in the United States has included leading Alliance Française chapters in Minneapolis, Boston and Bonita Springs as their president, and she is past president of the Federation of Alliances Françaises USA, comprised of 114 chapters nationwide. She has been twice decorated by the French government, most recently as Commander of the National Order of Merit in 2012 by decree of President Nicolas Sarkozy.