President of Refugees International

 

Read the press release announcing Dan Glickman's appointment here.

Dan GlickmanDan Glickman will become President of Refugees International, the leading advocacy organization on refugee crises worldwide, on April 1, 2010. Dan has a distinguished history in public service where he has devoted much of his career to fighting hunger and working as a champion for underserved people in the U.S. and around the world. While at Refugees International, Dan will focus on strengthening the organization’s base of support and providing the strategic vision and leadership to improve RI’s ability to compel the world’s leaders to provide clean water, food, health care and other basic assistance to people uprooted by conflict.

Since 2004, Dan has served as Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), a trade association that serves as the voice and advocate of the U.S. motion picture, home video and television industries around the world. Prior to joining MPAA, Dan served as the Director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government from 2002 to 2004.  

In 1995, President Bill Clinton appointed Mr. Glickman as Secretary of Agriculture, where he stayed until the end of Clinton’s term. Under his leadership, the Department administered farm and conservation programs; forged international trade agreements to expand U.S. markets; and improved its commitment to fairness and equality in civil rights. The department also made significant inroads in improving America’s diet and nutrition and fighting hunger.

From 1976 to 1994, Dan served for 18 years in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Kansas’ 4th Congressional District. During his time in Congress, he was a member of the House Agriculture Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, and chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Before his election to Congress in 1976, Dan served as president of the Wichita, Kansas, school board; was a partner in the law firm of Sargent, Klenda and Glickman; and worked as a trial attorney at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He received his B.A. in history from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from The George Washington University. He is a member of the Kansas and The District of Columbia Bars.

Dan recently co-authored a bipartisan study for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs entitled: Renewing American Leadership in the Fight Against Global Hunger and Poverty. In March 2010, Mr. Glickman will be receiving the Global Child Nutrition Foundation’s 2010 Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award for Child Nutrition.

Dan is vice-chair of Friends of the World Food Program; a member of the Genocide Prevention Task Force, chaired by former Secretaries Madeleine Albright and Bill Cohen; and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He serves on the board of directors of the American Film Institute, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Hain Celestial Group, Communities in Schools, Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), National 4-H Council, the William Davidson Institute and the Center for U.S. Global Engagement. He is also a member of the Kansas Bioscience Authority and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.