USGLC

Luke Wenz is the former Deputy National Outreach Director, West and Military. In addition to overseeing USGLC’s Veterans for Smart Power program and work in the Western United States, Luke manages USGLC’s National Security Advisory Council (NSAC), a group of over 270+ retired three- and four-star general and flag officers. In addition to his work with USGLC, Luke is the President of Big Stick Consulting, LLC – a Nebraska-based strategic consulting firm focusing on a broad range of public policy and political affairs issues, and currently serves on the Advisory Board of Global Ties Arizona.

Previously, Luke served as President and later Board Chairman of the Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations, served on the national Board of Directors of the American Committees on Foreign Relations, and spent many years on the Advisory Board of the World Pix Foundation. He is a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and the American Enterprise Institute’s Leadership Network. He has previously held fellowships at the Shafik Gabr Foundation’s “East-West: The Art of Dialogue” initiative and the African Middle Eastern Leadership Project.

Earlier in his career, Luke served on Capitol Hill and later as Deputy District Director and Campaign Manager for U.S. Representative Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska. He also spent time living and working in Amman, Jordan and with the Kayany Foundation in Lebanon, working in refugee camps and studying the geopolitics of the Levant. Originally from Arizona, Luke attended Nebraska Wesleyan University, studying political science and religious philosophy and fell in love with the Midwest. Luke and his wife Tori live in Lincoln, NE with their young son and two rambunctious dogs.