By Greg Hazley
Weber Shandwick chairman Jack Leslie has been tapped for a U.S. advisory committee intended to link the federal government and private sector over foreign aid.
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Leslie was named as a member of the U.S. Agency for International Development Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid by USAID administrator Raj Shah. He’ll advise USAID on its efforts to promote democracy, good governance and economic group, the organization said.
Leslie said he is “honored” and looks forward to working toward “strengthening global development policy and results.”
The committee was set up after World War II to coordinate humanitarian and development assistance oversees with the federal government and private groups.
Leslie, a member of the Council on Foreign Realtions who received Senate confirmation in 2009 after a presidential appointment to an African development post, is one of 27 members of the committee.
He started his career as an aide to Sen. Teddy Kennedy (D-Mass.) before moving into political and PR consulting.
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