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Patrick Gaspard Named President and CEO of the Center for American Progress, CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund
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Patrick Gaspard Named President and CEO of the Center for American Progress, CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund



Patrick Gaspard, former ambassador to South Africa, a senior Obama White House official, and former head of the Open Society Foundation, will lead American Progress into the future.

Patrick Gaspard speaks onstage, January 2020. (Getty/Ernesto Distefano)
Patrick Gaspard speaks onstage, January 2020. (Getty/Ernesto Distefano)

Patrick Gaspard brings decades of experience from the White House, international diplomacy, democracy promotion, and union leadership to the Center for American Progress and the Center for American Progress Action Fund. His values, policy expertise, and leadership will help push through a progressive agenda now and develop the next progressive agenda for the years ahead.

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