The Montana World Affairs Council, in conjunction with Bozeman Public Library, is excited to host German Consul General Oliver Schramm. He took up his post as the Consul General of Germany to Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawai'i, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and American Samoa in August 2021. Prior to this appointment, he served at the embassy in London as Head of Department for Economic and Global Affairs. His career in Germany Foreign Service began in 1991.

The Montana World Affairs Council was established in the year 2000, by retired Ambassador Mark Johnson, a fourth generation Montanan from Great Falls, with a simple goal — to provide fellow Montanans with greater opportunities for understanding global affairs and the world around us. He hoped that through exposure to global programming and international experts, all Montanans would gain greater insight into how the world impacts each of us, regardless of where we live or what we do and that each of us can have an impact and effect change locally and also on a global scale. Ambassador Johnson wanted to bring the world to Montana and Montana to the world. The Montana World Affairs Council is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering global understanding and awareness in Montana’s communities and classrooms.