WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) announced Steve Benjamin, Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina, as new incoming co-chair of the Center for U.S. Global Leadership Board, the organization’s education arm, effective January 1.  Mayor Benjamin will be the first sitting mayor to serve on USGLC’s board and will replace Secretary Dan Glickman of the Bipartisan Policy Center and The Aspen Institute, who is stepping down after decades of exceptional board service and will become a USGLC Senior Advisor.

Mayor Benjamin steps into the role of co-chair of USGLC’s education arm, which focuses on educating  the American public and policy leaders about the importance of U.S. global leadership through the tools of diplomacy and development, alongside his fellow co-chair, Senator Norm Coleman of Hogan Lovells.  Both will work in partnership with the USGLC’s advocacy arm, led by board co-chairs, Sean Callahan of Catholic Relief Services and Selina Jackson of Procter & Gamble.

The USGLC also welcomed four new members to its Board of Directors: Jane Adams of Johnson & Johnson, Edgar Sandoval of World Vision US, and Ambassador Mark Green of Arizona State University’s McCain Institute, who returns to the USGLC Board after serving as Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development 2017-2020.  Carrie Hessler-Radelet of PCI/Global Communities also moves from the Campaign to the Center board following the merger of PCI and Global Communities earlier this year.  Additional information about USLC’s board and membership can be found here.