Prior to joining the MPAA, Mr. Glickman was the Director of the Institute of Politics located at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (August 2002-August 2004). The Institute of Politics began operation in 1966 with an endowment from the Kennedy Library Corporation. A living memorial to President John F. Kennedy, the Institute seeks to unite students, particularly undergraduates, with academics, politicians, activists, and policymakers on a nonpartisan basis and to stimulate and nurture their interest in public service and leadership.

The Institute has established a nationwide semi-annual poll of undergraduate college students, the largest such survey in the United States. The Institute also hosts the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, one of the largest lecture series in the United States. Glickman also served as Senior Advisor to the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Washington, DC.

Mr. Glickman served as the Secretary of Agriculture from March 1995 until January 2001. Under his leadership, the Department administered numerous farm and conservation programs; modernized food safety regulations; forged international trade agreements to expand U.S. markets; and improved its commitment to fairness and equality in civil rights, both in the treatment of its employees and in the execution of its programs. During his tenure, the department also focused extensively on improving our nation's diet and nutrition, and on

fighting hunger. Secretary Glickman led the effort to ensure that an effective regulatory approval process that is based on sound science governs new agricultural technologies.

Before his appointment as Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary Glickman served for 18 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Kansas' 4th Congressional District. During that time, he served as a member of the House Agriculture Committee, including six years as chairman of the subcommittee that had jurisdiction over most federal farm policy issues. Moreover, he was an active member of the House Judiciary Committee, where he was a leader on technology issues. In addition to his focus on agriculture, Secretary Glickman was a leading congressional expert on general aviation policy (where he wrote landmark legislation providing product liability protection for small airplane manufacturers), and also served as chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Before his election to Congress in 1976, Secretary Glickman served as president of the Wichita, Kansas, School Board; was a partner in the law firm of Sargent, Klenda and Glickman; and worked as a trial attorney at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He received his B.A. in history from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from the George Washington University. He is a member of the Kansas and District of Columbia Bars.

Secretary Glickman serves on the board of directors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange; Hain - Celestial Corporation; Communities in Schools; America's Second Harvest; Food Research and Action Center; and the RFK Memorial Foundation. He also is on the International Advisory Board of The Coca-Cola Company; co-chairs the U.S. Consensus Council (with former Governor Marc Racicot) and The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology (with former Congressman Vin Weber).

He was a senior fellow at Georgetown University and Wichita State University, where he also served as part-time instructor in the public policy departments. Secretary Glickman also was a lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.