Media attaché from the Federal Ministry of Austria. On the concluding night’s certificate ceremony, from left to right, Ambassador Thomas Oberreiter, Director General Europe & Economic Affairs, MFA, Ulrike Ritzinger, Head of the Department of Business Services, Patty, and Baron Lobstein, Political and Economic Counselor of the US Embassy Vienna.
When the prestigious invite to the Austrian Leadership Programs from the Austrian Embassy rolled into her inbox, Dr. Patricia (Patty) Grace thought it could have been spam. Within thirty minutes, Dr. Sarah Fortune, Immunology and Infectious Diseases Department Chair (and Patty’s mentor), informed her the opportunity was very much real.
