Lukas Wenz

Luke Wenz serves as Deputy National Outreach Director, Western Region for the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC), a broad-based bipartisan coalition of over 500 businesses and NGOs that advocates for strong U.S. global leadership through development and diplomacy, alongside defense. In addition to his work with USGLC, Wenz serves as the President of Big Stick Consulting, LLC, an Arizona-based strategic consulting firm, focusing on public relations, strategic communications, and government affairs consulting. Earlier in his career, Wenz served as Deputy District Director and Campaign Manager for U.S. Representative Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska, with stints both in Nebraska and on Capitol Hill. He also spent time living and working in Amman, Jordan and the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon, where he primarily focused on the radicalization process of religious extremism and worked in refugee camps. His areas of expertise are American political philosophy and the geopolitics of the Levant.
Wenz serves as the Vice President of the Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations and is a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. In addition, Wenz serves on numerous local boards and commissions and was a Fellow at the African Middle Eastern Leadership Project. A native Phoenician, Wenz attended Nebraska Wesleyan University, studying Political Science and Religious Philosophy.