Mark Green (Wisconsin politician)

Mark Green
President of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Assumed office
March 15, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byJane Harman
Executive Director of the McCain Institute for International Leadership
In office
April 11, 2020 – March 14, 2021
Preceded byKurt Volker
Succeeded byJosette Sheeran
18th Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
In office
August 7, 2017 – April 10, 2020
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byGayle Smith
Succeeded bySamantha Power
United States Ambassador to Tanzania
In office
September 12, 2007 – January 20, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byMichael Retzer
Succeeded byAlfonso E. Lenhardt
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 8th district
In office
January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2007
Preceded byJay W. Johnson
Succeeded bySteve Kagen
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the 4th district
In office
January 4, 1993 – January 3, 1999
Preceded byJohn Ainsworth
Succeeded byPhil Montgomery
Personal details
Born
Mark Andrew Green

(1960-06-01) June 1, 1960 (age 64)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Sue Green
(m. 1985)
Children3
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin–Eau Claire (BA)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (JD)

Mark Andrew Green (born June 1, 1960) is an American politician and diplomat who is the president, director and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Before joining the Wilson Center on March 15, 2021, he served as the executive director of the McCain Institute for International Leadership, and prior to that, as the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1993 to 1999, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007, representing Wisconsin's 8th congressional district, ran unsuccessfully for governor of Wisconsin in 2006, and held the post of United States Ambassador to Tanzania from August 2007 until January 2009. Green served as president of the International Republican Institute[1] from 2014 to 2017 and sits on the board of directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

The United States Senate confirmed Green as administrator of the USAID on August 3, 2017. He was sworn in the following August 7.[2] On March 16, 2020, Green submitted a resignation letter to President Trump.[3] He left the office on April 10, 2020.

  1. ^ "Ambassador Mark Green". International Republican Institute. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  2. ^ "USAID Administrator Mark Green Welcome Remarks to Employees - Press Release - U.S. Agency for International Development". www.usaid.gov. Retrieved June 10, 2018.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Morello, Carol (March 16, 2020). "USAID head to resign amid coronavirus pandemic". The Washington Post.