By Kevin McCauley
Dan Glickman, who stepped down in 2010 as chief of the Motion Picture Association of America, will join the Aspen Institute April 1 as executive director of its Congressional program. He succeeds Dick Clark, who is retiring.
The former Kansas congressman is to arrange themed conferences/breakfasts to join members of Congress with public policy pros. Lobbyists are not permitted at the sessions, which are billed as politically neutral.
The congressional program is tackling areas such as energy, political Islam, nuclear security and education reform. Aspen claims the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Program to store/destroy weapons of the former Soviet Union and No Child Left Behind educational initiative grew out of its discussions.
Glickman spent 18 years in Congress and served as Secretary of Agriculture from 1995-01. He represented the Hollywood studios for six years.
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