Mary Jo A. Pham

Public diplomacy, specialized in gastrodiplomacy, also expert in AI policy and strategic communication

Mary Jo Pham is one of the founding voices of contemporary gastrodiplomacy. A career diplomat at the US Department of State before joining the private sector, in 2013 she published Food as Communication: A Case Study of South Korea's Gastrodiplomacy, a now essential study. She defines gastrodiplomacy as the practice, for a government, of exporting its culinary heritage as part of cultural diplomacy, in order to strengthen its national brand image and encourage economic and cultural exchanges.

Institution

Ancienne diplomate du Département d'État américain (postes au Cambodge, en Arabie saoudite, à Washington). Actuellement dans le secteur privé, où elle a notamment travaillé chez Google sur les questions de communication.

Nationality

American