Subject: Re: Truman Leadership Announcement
From: "Jenna Ben-Yehuda" <[email-masked]>
To: "Carrie Kagawa" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Stephen Bailey" <[email-masked]>, "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Susan Brophy" <[email-masked]>, "Craig Hanson" <[email-masked]>, "Driscoll, John" <[email-masked]>, "Kim James" <[email-masked]>, "Steve Israel" <[email-masked]>, "Lindsay, Mark" <[email-masked]>, "Alvin Loshak" <[email-masked]>, "Jake Sullivan" <[email-masked]>, "Connie Pillich" <[email-masked]>, "Matt Spence" <[email-masked]>, "Frank Kendall" <[email-masked]>, "Sally Painter" <[email-masked]>, "
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 13:09:08 -0500

Thank you, Carrie. I am grateful to all of you for your confidence in me
and am excited to get started.

Best,
Jenna.

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 1:03 PM Carrie Kagawa <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Dear Truman Project Board of Directors,
>
> Please see the message that went to our members today announcing Jenna
> Ben-Yehuda as President and CEO. Thank you to everyone who supported and
> provided guidance in the lead up to the announcement.
>
> Welcome Jenna! Really looking forward to working with you.
>
> Regards,
> Carrie
>
> --
> Carrie Kagawa
> Chief of Staff
> Truman Center for National Policy | Truman National Security Project
>
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> Subject: Truman Leadership Announcement
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> Dear Truman Members,
>
> After a comprehensive search, we are excited to announce the selection of
> Jenna Ben-Yehuda as President and CEO of Truman Center and Truman National
> Security Project.
>
> We are grateful to all of you, who are the heart and soul of Truman. You
> nominated candidates and offered valuable feedback during the selection
> process, both as individual members and through the Membership Advisory
> Board Committee.
>
> During the four-month selection process, the Board and selection committee
> met with a truly outstanding group of candidates and nominees. That such
> excellent candidates participated in this process is a testament to the
> continued power and potential of this organization and community.
>
> Jenna Ben-Yehuda brings tremendous passion, experience, and vision to lead
> Truman into its next phase. Her career draws from the core values of Truman
> members, with experience in national security, grassroots organizing and
> advocacy, and private sector management. Jenna served for 12 years at the
> State Department where she also worked closely with the Defense Department
> and intelligence community. After leaving government, she founded and led
> the Women’s Foreign Policy Network. She also brings significant experience
> from the private sector in building a successful consulting practice. While
> Jenna is not a Truman member, she shares our commitment to Truman’s goals
> of political and electoral impact now and in the future.
>
> Jenna has already begun introducing herself to the Truman community and
> will do so more broadly as she steps into the role on March 18, 2019. The
> board, selection committee, and members of the Truman community who have
> worked with Jenna were impressed by her vision, passion, and commitment to
> this community. In fact, we received many recommendations and endorsements
> from members about Jenna’s leadership, vision, and character, which weighed
> significantly in the board’s selection. We are thrilled that Jenna is
> joining the Truman family as the next President and CEO.
>
> Here are a few things Truman members had to say about Jenna:
>
> “Jenna possesses all of the abilities Truman needs in a new leader. She
> has deep working knowledge of U.S. foreign policy (including regional
> expertise) and her career has been guided by a firm belief in all of the
> core Truman tenets: namely in the need for strong diplomacy,
> multilateralism and U.S. engagement and leadership in international
> affairs.”
>
> “Beyond having a strong foreign policy foundation and ‘Truman compass,’
> Jenna is a natural consensus builder and community leader.”
>
> “Jenna has an ability to pull people in by listening and offering
> thoughtful perspectives, suggestions, and feedback. She’s become a DC
> celebrity among women in our foreign policy world: our recent hire in my
> office jumped with excitement when she heard Jenna's name -- 'not Jenna
> Ben-Yehuda from WFPN??’ I believe that with Jenna's background and passion
> for both policy and messaging, she could lead Truman in providing a
> productive and exciting environment for all of our membership cohorts.”
>
> “Jenna’s as well rounded as can be, and Truman would be lucky to have such
> a driven, inspiring, and exciting person to lead us into our next steps.”
>
> We want to offer our deepest thanks to Bishop Garrison for his tremendous
> service as interim Executive Director of Truman Center and Truman Project
> during this transition period. We are grateful for Bishop's willingness to
> take on this responsibility just a few short weeks after joining the Truman
> staff as Managing Director of Policy and Advocacy, and for the steady hand,
> commitment, and integrity he brought to the role. In his brief time as
> interim Executive Director, he raised $500,000 in new funding. He
> established a series of community discussions on race, gender, privilege
> and its relation to the national security pipeline. He also expanded
> partnerships within the greater natsec community to include Protect the
> Investigation and NAACP. We look forward to continuing this important work.
> Thank you, Bishop.
>
> In the weeks ahead, Truman boards and the selection committee will host a
> phone call for members to answer questions about the selections process.
> Please lookout for more details from us and RSVP information. In the
> meantime, if you have any questions, please reach out to Stephen Bailey at
> [email-masked].
>
> Our nation stands at a historic moment, when there has been no greater
> need for what the Truman community can offer. We look forward to continuing
> this journey together to make Truman even stronger in the years ahead.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Laura Liswood
> Acting Board Chair, Truman Center for National Policy
>
> John Driscoll
> Board Chair, Truman National Security Project
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