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Ambassador Mark A. Green

President & CEO, Wilson Center
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Expertise

  • Development Policy
  • Democracy and Human Rights
  • Africa
  • American Global Engagement and Leadership 

Full Biography

Ambassador Mark Green (ret.) is President and CEO of 澳门六合彩 and author of the "Stubborn Things鈥 blog.

Green served as Administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) from 2017 to 2020. Before that he served as President of the International Republican Institute, one of the world's leading democracy promotion organizations. Green served as the US Ambassador to Tanzania from mid-2007 to early 2009, as well as four terms in the US House of Representatives representing Wisconsin鈥檚 8th District. He has also served as Executive Director of the McCain Institute, President of the Initiative for Global Development, and Senior Director at the US Global Leadership Coalition. 

While in Congress, among other things, he played a leading role in crafting legislation establishing both the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).  At USAID, he pioneered an approach to development assistance he called the "Journey to Self-Reliance" and launched a new emphasis on private sector engagement and collaboration. 

Green has also served on the MCC鈥檚 Board of Directors during both the Obama and Trump Administrations, on the Bush Institute鈥檚 Human Freedom Advisory Council, and on the Board of Consensus for Development Reform. He holds a law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School and a bachelor鈥檚 degree from the University of Wisconsin鈥揈au Claire. He has received special honors from President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania and President Ivan Duque of Colombia, as well as an honorary Doctor of Science from Georgetown University.