Leading the MPAA since 2004, Glickman has worked to safeguard intellectual property, reduce trade barriers and enhance the movie ratings system as a valued information tool for parents.

Glickman has helped provide new direction to the creative community's efforts to adapt to the digital era by raising awareness of the economic consequences of copyright theft to a unique industry that employs 2.4 million Americans. He also vigorously promotes new consumer choices that open up legitimate online avenues to movies and TV shows.

Under Glickman's leadership, the MPAA has scored a string of regulatory and legislative successes, including:

• Securing hundreds of millions of dollars in the federal Emergency Economic Stabilization Act in 2008 to encourage film and television production to remain in the United States, safeguarding the $60 billion this creative industry contributes annually to our nation's economy.
 
• Supporting film and TV production throughout America by working with states to offer incentives to spur local production, which has steadily expanded the economic benefits of 'Hollywood' into communities throughout our country. From a half-dozen states when Glickman took office, the number has now topped 40.
 
• Working with a broad coalition of business and labor groups to help pass the PRO-IP Act of 2008 to provide new resources for state and federal law enforcement, create an office within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate the development of a government-wide intellectual property strategic plan, and update IP laws.
 
• Cracking Down on Camcording: In the past five years alone, 42 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico have enacted statutes outlawing camcording, in addition to legislation that toughed federal criminal penalties.

Glickman also has worked to shore up intellectual property rights in today's connected global information economy. He travels the world extensively to promote American movies, remove unfair trade barriers and drive home the growing stake countries share in protecting the power of ideas. These efforts from securing IP provisions in new trade agreements to championing stiffer penalties for digital piracy and camcord theft are increasingly central to the industry's modern success, given the fact that the majority of revenues for American films now come from outside the United States.

Glickman is a co-founder of the Copyright Alliance, which is a unified coalition of U.S. IP industries. He was an ardent champion of the PRO-IP Act, which established a White House position to coordinate government-wide IP strategy. And, he continues to champion the use of technology both to expand innovative avenues to movies and TV shows and to educate consumers as to this growing array of legitimate choices.

Glickman also is known for his signature biannual event, "The Business of Show Business" symposium, which attracts luminaries from the film industry and Washington, D.C., alongside a diverse array of behind-the-scenes contributors to American moviemaking, to emphasize the industry's economic contributions and to educate policymakers about the complex, high-risk financial realities of making movies.

Glickman is an ardent champion of freedom of expression and a vocal proponent of the American movie ratings system, which delivers clear information to parents regarding film content while shielding U.S. filmmakers from censorship. He has worked to modernize the rating system, increasing its transparency and launching a free weekly Red Carpet Ratings email service that makes this resource more accessible to parents.

Prior to joining the MPAA, Glickman was the Director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government (August 2002 to August 2004). A living memorial to President John F. Kennedy, the institute seeks to unite students, particularly undergraduates, with academicians, politicians, activists and policymakers on a nonpartisan basis to nurture their interest in public service and leadership. Glickman also served as Senior Advisor to the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Washington, D.C.

From March 1995 until January 2001, Glickman served as the Secretary of Agriculture. Under his leadership, the department administered numerous farm and conservation programs; modernized food safety regulations; forged international trade agreements to expand U.S. markets; and improved its commitment to fairness and equality in civil rights, both in the treatment of its employees and in the execution of its programs. During his tenure, the department also focused extensively on improving our nation's diet and nutrition and on fighting hunger. Glickman led the effort to ensure an effective regulatory process based on sound science governs new agricultural technologies.

Before his appointment as Secretary of Agriculture, Glickman served for 18 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Kansas' 4th Congressional District. During that time, he served as a member of the House Agriculture Committee, including six years as chairman of the subcommittee that had jurisdiction over most federal farm policy issues. Moreover, he was an active member of the House Judiciary Committee, where he was a leader on technology issues. In addition to his focus on agriculture, he was a leading congressional expert on general aviation policy (where he wrote landmark legislation providing product liability protection for small-airplane manufacturers), and also served as chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Before his election to Congress in 1976, Glickman served as president of the Wichita School Board; was a partner in the law firm of Sargent, Klenda and Glickman; and worked as a trial attorney at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He received his Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from The George Washington University. He is a member of the Kansas and District of Columbia Bars.

Glickman currently serves on the board of directors of the American Film Institute; Chicago Mercantile Exchange; Hain Celestial Group; Communities in Schools; Food Research and Action Center, a domestic anti-hunger organization; National 4-H Council; William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan; and the Center for U.S. Global Engagement. He is also a member of the Genocide Prevention Task Force, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and a senior fellow of the Center on Communication Leadership and Policy at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism. He is the Chicago Council on Global Affairs' global agricultural development initiative cochair and vice chair of the Friends of the World Food Program. Glickman is the author of "Farm Futures," which was published in Foreign Affairs magazine (May/June 2009).