Dan Glickman
American businessman and politician
Daniel Robert Glickman (born November 24, 1944) is an American politician, lawyer, lobbyist, and nonprofit leader. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 until 2001 in the Bill Clinton administration. He previously represented Kansas's 4th congressional district as a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives for 18 years.
Following his departure from public office, Glickman led Harvard University's School of Government and Institute of Politics.
He was chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) from 2004 to 2010.
He serves as a Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center, where he focuses on public health, national security, and economic policy issues. He also co-chairs BPC's Democracy Project and co-leads the center's Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative.
He also serves or has served on the board of directors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, the board of Friends of the World Food Program and is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One. He also serves on the Council on American Politics at the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management.
Early life
Glickman was born in Wichita, Kansas, on November 24, 1944, the son of Gladys A. (née Kopelman) and Milton Glickman.
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