Dr. Janet E. Breslin-Smith (pictured center-right) visited Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU) on March 2, 2010, accompanied by staff members of the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh and the U.S. Consulate General in Dhahran.

Dr. Breslin-Smith, an expert in international relations and political sciences, has a distinguished career in the U.S. Congress where she worked with several U.S. Senators and was the legislative manager for a number of international trade, commodity and nutrition programs, and helped rewrite the law governing international food aid. A graduate from the University of California- Los Angeles (UCLA), Dr. Breslin-Smith has made significant contributions to academia by bringing her extensive Congressional experience to the classroom. Dr. Janet Breslin-Smith is married to H.E. James B. Smith, current U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

PMU is the first private university in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia currently enrolling 2,000 students. Applying state-of-the-art technology to education, PMU offers twelve degrees in the areas of business, engineering and information technology, in addition to an Executive MBA program, serving Saudi men and women and international students (http://www.pmu.edu.sa).