Luke Wenz serves as Deputy National Outreach Director, West and Military for the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC), a broad-based bipartisan coalition of over 500 businesses and NGOs that advocates for strong U.S. global leadership through development and diplomacy, alongside defense. In this capacity, Luke overseas USGLC's flagship National Security Advisory Council, a group of over 250+ retired three- and four-star general and flag officers, as well as our veteran and military outreach team and our organization's field work across the Western United States. Additionally, he has responsibility for creating strategic national political partnerships.In addition to his work with USGLC, Luke serves as the President of the Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations, Arizona’s premier foreign affairs organization providing forums that explore critical foreign policy issues, and is the President of Big Stick Consulting, LLC, an Arizona-based strategic consulting firm, focusing on public relations and government affairs consulting.Additionally, Luke is on the Advisory Boards of Global Ties Arizona and the World Pix Foundation, and is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Pacific Council on International Policy, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and the American Enterprise Institute's Millennium Leadership Network. He previously served on the Board of Directors of the American Committees on Foreign Relations and was previously a fellow at the Shafik Gabr Foundation's "East-West: The Art of Dialogue" initiative and the African Middle Eastern Leadership Project. Today, he volunteers on numerous other local boards and committees in both Arizona and Nebraska and in both the nonprofit and business sectors.Earlier in his career, Luke served on Capitol Hill and later as Deputy District Director and Campaign Manager for U.S. Representative Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska. He also spent time living and working in Amman, Jordan and with the Kayany Foundation in Lebanon, working in refugee camps whilst studying the geopolitics of the Levant. A native Phoenician, Luke attended Nebraska Wesleyan University, studying political science and religious philosophy.
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