Former U.S. ambassador guest speaker 10-13-2010

FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MICHAEL RETZER WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER WEDNESDAY FOR AN AFTERNOON TEA AND LECTURE HOSTED BY MONTAGE MARKETPLACE IN THE ROGER D. MALKIN GALLERY OF THE E. E. BASS CULTURAL ARTS CENTER. RETZER, C.E.O. OF RETZER RESOURCES IN GREENVILLE, SHARED STORIES OF HIS TWO-YEAR EXPERIENCE AS AMBASSADOR TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATION OF EIGHT MILLION PEOPLE. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF RETZER'S TENURE IN TANZANIA WAS THE U.S. PROGRAM TO HELP RID THE NATION OF MALARIA AND TARGETED PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF HIV/AIDS WHICH AFFECTS ONE OF EVERY SEVEN PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY. RETZER IS WELL-KNOWN ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL HAVING SERVED AS THE NATIONAL TREASURER FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE.