Michael Froman, who served as United States Trade Representative under President Obama, will take over from Richard Haass as the new president of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Mike Froman, vice chairman and president of strategic growth at Mastercard Inc., speaks during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. Photographer: Bryan van der Beek/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Froman, a Mastercard executive and former deputy national security adviser, plans to use the high-profile perch to get more buy-in from everyday voters on America’s foreign policy. He's preparing to hit the road and use the Council's educational programs to mold the next generation of leaders. But he also wants to listen to concerns across the country, where many Americans feel left behind by the trade and foreign policy decisions of the last few decades.The CFR's board selected Froman, a law-school classmate of Obama, late Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal"The bad news is I have a really hard act to follow,” Froman told Axios. "The good news is that the Council is in really good shape.
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