April 27, 2023

USGLC Launches Conservative Foreign Policy Study Group

Study Group Includes Over 60 Former Trump Administration Officials Committed to America’s Global Leadership

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC), officially launched the Conservative Foreign Policy Study Group, a group of over 60 distinguished conservative foreign policy and national security experts who served in the Trump Administration and share a common commitment to strengthening America’s global leadership to advance our nation’s economic and security interests. Study group members meet throughout the year with conservative thought leaders and policymakers in a conversation on the importance of America’s role in the world.

List of Study Group members is available online and included below.

 

Todd Abrajano

Former Chief Operating Officer and Head of Agency; U.S. Trade and          Development Agency

Eddy Acevedo

Former National Security Advisor and Deputy Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Public Affairs; U.S. Agency for International Development

Richard Ashooh

Former Assistant Secretary for Export Administration; U.S. Department of Commerce

Rachael Baitel Greenberg

Former Deputy Chief of Staff; U.S. International Development Finance      Corporation

Stewart Barber

Former Special Assistant to the President and Director of International        Initiatives and Outreach for the Office of Economic Initiatives and Entrepreneurship; The White House

Stephen Biegun

Former Deputy Secretary of State; U.S. Department of State

Adam Boehler

Former Chief Executive Officer; U.S.  International Development Finance Corporation

David Bohigian

Former Executive Vice President and acting President and CEO; U.S.        International Development Finance Corporation

Ambassador Kenneth Braithwaite

Former U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway; Former Secretary                  of the Navy

Carrie Cabelka

Former Assistant Secretary of State for Administration; U.S. Department                of State

Sean Cairncross

Former Chief Executive Officer; Millennium Challenge Corporation

Brian Cavanaugh

Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director, National            Security Council; The White House

Elbridge Colby

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force      Development; U.S. Department of Defense

Norm Coleman

Former United States Senator for Minnesota

John Cooney

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Global Operations, U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service; Chief of Staff; International Trade Administration

Ambassador Kelley Currie

Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, U.S.              Department of State; Former Ambassador to the UN Economic and Social        Council (ECOSOC); U.S. Mission to the United Nations

Ramsey Day

Former Assistant Administrator for Africa; U.S. Agency for International Development

Leslie Dewees

Former Policy Advisor to U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley;      U.S. Mission to the United Nations

Jennifer Ehlinger

Former Director of Communications and Strategic Advisor; U.S. Department of State

Everett Eissenstat

Former Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economics and      Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, National Security Council;      The White House

David Feith

Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific        Affairs; U.S. Department of State

Carrie Filipetti

Former Deputy Special Representative for Venezuela and Deputy Assistant  Secretary of State for Latin American and the Caribbean; U.S Department              of State

David Fogel

Former Chief Business Development Officer and Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Economic Growth; U.S. Department of State

Bonnie Glick

Former Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer; U.S. Agency for International Development

Alex Gray

Former Deputy Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, National Security Council; The White House

Ambassador Mark Green

Former Administrator; U.S. Agency for International Development

Robert Greenway

Former Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Middle          Eastern and North African Affairs, National Security Council; The White House

Miles Hansen

Former Director for Gulf Affairs, National Security Council; The White House

Brian Hook

Former Senior Advisor for the Abraham Accords; U.S. Special Representative    for Iran and Senior Policy Advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; U.S. Department of State

Allison Hooker

Former Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council; The White House

 

Jennifer Key Mack

Former U.S. Global Water Coordinator and Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Food Security; U.S. Agency for International Development

Luke Lindberg

Former Chief of Staff and Chief Strategy Officer; Export-Import Bank of the United States

CJ Mahoney

Former Deputy United States Trade Representative; Executive Office of the President

Brent McIntosh

Former Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs; U.S. Department of the Treasury

Bradley McKinney

Former Vice President of Economic Security and Operations for the Program on China and Transformational Exports; Export-Import Bank of the United States

Amy K. Mitchell

Former Chief of Staff, Global Women’s Issues, U.S. Department of State; Former Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense; Department of Defense

Matt Mowers

Former Chief of Staff and Chief Policy Officer in the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator, and Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy; U.S. Department of State

Heather Nauert

Former Spokesperson and acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; U.S. Department of State

Edward Newburn

Senior Advisor, Office of the Chairman; Export-Import Bank of the United States

Gabriel Noronha

Former Special Advisor for the Iran Action Group; U.S. Department of State

Ambassador Robert O’Brien

Former National Security Advisor; The White House

Morgan Ortagus

Former Spokesperson; U.S. Department of State

Richard Parker

Former Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Public Affairs; U.S. Agency for International Development

Kimberly Reed

Former Chairman of the Board of Directors and President and Chief Executive Officer; Export-Import Bank of the United States

Julie Radford

Former Deputy Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, Office of Economic Initiatives and Entrepreneurship; The White House

Jim Richardson

Former Assistant to the Administrator for Policy, Planning, and Learning (PPL), U.S. Agency for International Development; Former Director of the Office of Foreign Assistance; U.S. Department of State

Gracey Roskam

Former Director of Scheduling and Advance for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley; U.S. Mission to the United Nations

Peter Roskam

Former U.S. Representative for Illinois’s 6th congressional district

Adrienne Ross

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Communications; U.S. Department of State

Joseph Semsar

Former acting Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; U.S. Department of Commerce

Manisha Singh

Former Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Growth; U.S. Department of State

Greg L. Smith

Former Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Political Affairs for Policy and Personnel; The White House

Lara Smith

Former Chief of Staff; Millennium Challenge Corporation

Bill Stepien

Former Director of Political Affairs; The White House

Paul Teller

Former Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Strategic Initiatives, Office of the Vice President of the United States; The White House

Andrea Thompson

Former Under Secretary of State; U.S. Department of State

David Urban

Former Chairman; American Battle Monuments Commission

Morgan Viña

Former Chief of Staff to U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley; U.S. Mission to the United Nations

Mike Walsh

Former Chief of Staff and acting General Counsel; U.S. Department of Commerce

Charity Wallace

Former Senior Vice President and Managing Director; U.S. International Development Finance Corporation

Clete Willems

Former Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economics and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, National Security Council; The White House

 

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The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (www.usglc.org) is a broad-based influential network of 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.