Gillian Martin Sorensen, Senior Adviser to the United Nations Foundation will serve as guest speaker on NSU's East Campus (Alumni Hall Auditorium) on Thursday, April 22 at 7:00 p.m. Her discussion, titled The UN & The US : Can This Marriage Be Saved? provides an interesting and timely perspective on the relationship between the UN and US within our evolving global landscape. The event is sponsored by NSU's Bha'i Unity Club and Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Broward Chapter of United Nations Association/USA and the Ft. Lauderdale Branch of American Association of University Women. For more information or to register go to http://shss.nova.edu/events/sorensen/index.html

Sorensen is a national advocate on matters related to the United Nations and the United States-United Nations relationship. From l997 to 2003, she served as assistant secretary-general for external relations on appointment by Secretary-General Kofi Annan. She was responsible for outreach to civil society including non-governmental organizations around the world. She was the contact point for the Secretary-General in relations between the UN and parliamentarians, the academic world, religious leaders and other groups committed to peace, justice, development and human rights. As a member of the Secretary-General's inner circle, she had a role in his communications strategy as well as schedule planning.

She is a graduate of Smith College and studied at the Sorbonne. Sorensen is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Women's Forum and the Women's Foreign Policy Group.  She previously served as a board member of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting on appointment by the President of the United States . In addition to her public service, she has been active in politics and was a delegate to three national Presidential conventions.