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Anne Marie Slaughter Becomes Next President of New America Foundation

Anne Marie SlaughterSource: The New America Foundation

Washington, DC — Today, Anne-Marie Slaughter became the new president and CEO of The New America Foundation.

Dr. Slaughter, a Princeton professor, former Dean of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and the former Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department, succeeds Steve Coll, who stepped down on March 31 after five years leading the nonpartisan public policy think tank. Dr. Slaughter, [who also serves on the CLBB Advisory Board], will work out of both New America’s Washington, DC and New York offices.

“Anne-Marie Slaughter is a creative, inspiring thinker who has played a critical role in the institution’s success as a board member, and we are thrilled for her to lead New America in what promises to be an exceptional period for both the institution and society,” said David Bradley, chairman of the Board’s search committee. “Steve Coll firmly established New America as an innovative policy institute that’s tackling today’s greatest challenges, and she is the right person to build on that foundation.”
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