Mark Green | |
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 Official portrait, 2017 | |
| President of theWoodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | |
| In office March 15, 2021 – April 1, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Jane Harman |
| Succeeded by | Natasha Jacome |
| Executive Director of theMcCain Institute for International Leadership | |
| In office April 11, 2020 – March 14, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Kurt Volker |
| Succeeded by | Josette Sheeran |
| 18thAdministrator of the United States Agency for International Development | |
| In office August 7, 2017 – April 10, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Gayle Smith |
| Succeeded by | Samantha Power |
| United States Ambassador to Tanzania | |
| In office September 12, 2007 – January 20, 2009 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Michael Retzer |
| Succeeded by | Alfonso E. Lenhardt |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromWisconsin's8th district | |
| In office January 4, 1999 – January 3, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Jay W. Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Steve Kagen |
| Member of theWisconsin State Assembly from the4th district | |
| In office January 4, 1993 – January 3, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | John Ainsworth |
| Succeeded by | Phil Montgomery |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mark Andrew Green (1960-06-01)June 1, 1960 (age 65) Boston,Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire (BA) University of Wisconsin, Madison (JD) |
Mark Andrew Green (born June 1, 1960) is an American politician and diplomat. He served as president and CEO of theWoodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars from March 15, 2021 to April 1, 2025.[1] Previously he was executive director of theMcCain Institute for International Leadership andAdministrator of the United States Agency for International Development. He served in theWisconsin State Assembly from 1993 to 1999, was aRepublican member of theUnited States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007, representingWisconsin's 8th congressional district, ran unsuccessfully forgovernor of Wisconsin in2006, and held the post ofUnited States Ambassador to Tanzania from August 2007 until January 2009. Green served as president of theInternational Republican Institute[2] from 2014 to 2017 and sits on the board of directors of theMillennium Challenge Corporation.
TheUnited States Senate confirmed Green as administrator of the USAID on August 3, 2017. He was sworn in the following August 7.[3] On March 16, 2020, Green submitted a resignation letter to President Trump.[4] He left the office on April 10, 2020.
Green was born inBoston,Massachusetts, to Jeremy and Elizabeth Green. His father is fromSouth Africa, and Green spent time there as a child.[5] His family moved often, and as a child he lived inJersey City, New Jersey;Cincinnati, Ohio;England;South Africa; andAustralia.[6] He attendedAbbot Pennings High School inDe Pere, Wisconsin.[7]
Green received a bachelor's degree from theUniversity of Wisconsin–Eau Claire in 1983 and aJuris Doctor from theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison in 1987.[7] In law school, he served as a managing editor of theWisconsin Law Review and won the Justice Robert Jackson Award from theWashington, D.C., Foreign Law Society for "Best Published Student Writing on a Foreign Law Subject".
After graduating from law school, he joined the law firm Godfrey & Kahn S.C. at theirGreen Bay, Wisconsin office.
In 1992, Green was elected to theWisconsin State Assembly, where he servedDistrict 4 for six years and rose to the position of chairman of the Republican Caucus.[8][9] He chaired the Judiciary Committee, served on the Board of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA), and helped reform state housing policy. Green's legislative work won him awards from the Wisconsin andAmerican Farm Bureau Federations, theUnited States Chamber of Commerce, theNational Federation of Independent Business, theNational Rifle Association of America, the Wisconsin Builders Association, the Wisconsin Medical Society,Citizens Against Government Waste, Watchdogs of the Treasury, and the Seniors Coalition.[10]
Green first ran for Congress in 1998, defeating first-term RepresentativeJay W. Johnson, with 54% of the vote. Green won each of his next three elections with 70% or more of the vote.[7] He represented Wisconsin's 8th congressional district from the106th Congress until the109th Congress.
Green was a member of theHouse International Relations Committee in the 107th to 109th sessions of Congress. He helped draft the Millennium Challenge Act, the Global Access to HIV/AIDS Prevention, Awareness and Treatment Act of 2001, and the U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act. He co-founded the Victory in Iraq Caucus.[11]
Green worked to raise awareness abouthuman rights violations by thecommunistPathet Lao government inLaos against theethnic minorityHmong people and others suffering underauthoritarian governments, and aboutreligious freedom issues in Laos and Southeast Asia.[12][13][14][15] ManyHmong Americans had resettled in Wisconsin as politicalrefugees following theVietnam War.
In January 1999, Green was appointed an Assistant MajorityWhip by then-House Majority WhipTom DeLay, and then re-appointed by House Majority WhipRoy Blunt.[16]
While a U.S. Representative, Green was a member of the House Judiciary Committee, vice chair of the Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee, and co-founded the bipartisan Faith-Based Caucus. He co-led the floor debate on the "Faith-Based Initiative", a plan to reenlist faith-based communities in the national fight against poverty and social crises. As part of that effort, he co-founded the bipartisan Faith-Based Caucus. Green helped expand theViolence Against Women Act, and wrote the "Two Strikes and You're Out Child Protection Act", which would have established a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment for twice-convicted child sex offenders.[17] He also cosponsored theDebbie Smith Act, which was meant to assist law enforcement in modernizingDNA databases, and theAdam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act.[18] He supported the death penalty[19] and theNo Child Left Behind Act.[20]
Green unsuccessfully ran forGovernor of Wisconsin against incumbent GovernorJim Doyle, aDemocrat. Green had no opponent in the Republican Party primary. Then-Milwaukee County ExecutiveScott Walker dropped out of the GOP primary on March 24, 2006, citing a lack of campaign funds (he would later win the governorshipin 2010).[21] After the primary, Green was joined on the ticket by State Rep.Jean Hundertmark of Clintonville, who had defeated Nick Voegeli in the primary for lieutenant governor.[22] Green received 979,427 votes to Doyle's 1,139,115 votes.
On June 8, 2007, PresidentGeorge W. Bush announced Green's nomination asUnited States Ambassador to Tanzania. SenatorRuss Feingold, chairman of theAfrican Affairs Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, held hearings on Green's nomination as ambassador on June 19.
SenatorChris Dodd, a member of theSenate Foreign Relations Committee, put a hold on Green's nomination to replaceMichael Retzer as ambassador, citing Retzer's action of revoking the country clearance ofPeace Corps Country Director Christine Djondo as interference in the independence of the Peace Corps.[23] On June 28, when the State Department provided a letter of apology to Djondo, Dodd released his hold. On August 3, 2007, the Senate confirmed Green by unanimous consent.[24] He resigned as ambassador to Tanzania uponBarack Obama's inauguration as president.
During Green's tenure, PresidentGeorge W. Bush visited Tanzania in February 2008, the first official visit by a sitting U.S. president;[25] Tanzania hostedSullivan Summit VIII, the first Sullivan Summit in East Africa; President Kikwete visited the White House in August 2008; and the largest Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact in history was signed.
During his tenure, Green helped craft theMillennium Challenge Act, which expanded America's commitment to invest indeveloping nations that are pursuing political andeconomic reforms.[26] He worked to enact the Global Access to HIV/AIDS Prevention, Awareness and Treatment Act of 2001 and the U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act.[27] He worked on legislation covering policy areas like internationalterrorism andhuman trafficking. In 2005, Green worked with theNational Democratic Institute for International Affairs, theInternational Republican Institute and theState Department as an election observer in Kenya. He also traveled toWest Africa with theAcademy for Educational Development,Oxfam andSave the Children to work on programs related to women's health and education.
Green was a director of the policy center ofMalaria No More, a global effort to eliminate malaria.[25]
He served as a senior director of theU.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) from 2011 until his appointment in 2017. USGLC is a foreign policy foundation that describes itself as "a broad-based influential network of over 500 businesses and NGOs; national security and foreign policy experts; and business, faith-based, academic, military, and community leaders in all 50 states who support strategic investments to elevate development and diplomacy alongside defense in order to build a better, safer world".[28]
He served as president and CEO of Initiative for Global Development, a nonprofit organization aimed at reducing world poverty, from 2013 to 2014.[29]
From 2014 to 2017,[30] Green served as president of the International Republican Institute (IRI), an NGO chaired by Arizona Sen. John McCain.[31]
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In May 2017, Green was nominated by PresidentDonald Trump to lead theUnited States Agency for International Development. His nomination was backed by aid organizations and politicians, withThe Guardian writing that Green "is well regarded and known for his bipartisan approach to foreign assistance".[5]
Mark and Susan (née Keske) Green wed on August 5, 1985, and have three children. Green and his wife served as volunteer teachers inKenya withWorldTeach in 1987 and 1988, and while in Kenya, visited rural areas of neighboring countries.[25]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Jim Doyle (Incumbent) | 1,139,115 | 52.8 | +7.7 | |
| Republican | Mark Green | 979,427 | 45.3 | ||
GREEN, Mark, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 1, 1960; graduated from Abbot Pennings High School, De Pere, Wis.; B.A., University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Wis., 1983; J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wis., 1987; lawyer, private practice; member of the Wisconsin state assembly, 1992-1998; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1999-January 3, 2007); not a candidate for reelection, but was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Wisconsin in 2006.
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| Preceded by | Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development 2017–2020 | Succeeded by |
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