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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Hewko > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Hewko.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hewko > Source revision: 1323444331 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American executive and lawyer, Chief Executive of Rotary International}} {{Infobox person | name = John Hewko | image = John Hewko Image.jpg | alt = | caption = Hewko in October 2022 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1957}} | birth_place = [Detroit](/source/Detroit), Michigan, US | death_date = | death_place = | burial_place = | occupation = [Lawyer](/source/Lawyer), public policy scholar | employer = {{Plainlist| * [Rotary International](/source/Rotary_International) * [The Rotary Foundation](/source/The_Rotary_Foundation) }} | awards = | spouse = Margarita Hewko | children = 1 | education = {{Plainlist| * [Hamilton College](/source/Hamilton_College) * [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University) * [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) }} | signature = }} '''John Hewko''' is an American lawyer and public policy scholar who is the current General Secretary and [Chief Executive Officer](/source/Chief_Executive_Officer) of [Rotary International](/source/Rotary_International) and [The Rotary Foundation](/source/The_Rotary_Foundation). ==Career== Hewko worked for the [Chicago](/source/Chicago)-based law firm [Baker McKenzie](/source/Baker_McKenzie) from 1989 to 2004, where he helped establish the firm’s Moscow office, and then served as managing partner in [Kyiv](/source/Kyiv) and [Prague](/source/Prague). During that period, from 1991 to 1992, he also worked as the executive secretary of the International Advisory Council to the Ukrainian Parliament in Kyiv.{{Cite web |date=1992-03-04 |title=Growing Pains |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-03-04-9201200662-story.html |website=The Chicago Tribune}} He assisted the parliamentary commission that prepared the initial draft of the Ukrainian Constitution and was a member of the working groups that drafted the initial Ukrainian post-independence laws on foreign investment, anti-competition, and corporations.{{Cite news |last=Hiatt |first=Fred |date=1991-12-16 |title=AMERICANS REDISCOVERING ROOTS IN UKRAINE |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/12/16/americans-rediscovering-roots-in-ukraine/7621b8d9-2b63-4e9f-849f-a5dfafa5bfd2/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite web |date=2012-12-01 |title=Hewko takes on humanitarian issues |url=https://www.chicagolawyermagazine.com/elements/pages/print.aspx?printpath=/Archives/2012/12/Inspiring-Innovators-John-Hewko&classname=tera.gn3article |website=Chicago Lawyer Magazine}} Between 2004 and 2009, Hewko worked as the vice-president for Operations and Compact Development for the [Millennium Challenge Corporation](/source/Millennium_Challenge_Corporation){{Cite web |date=2010-04-12 |title=Millennium Challenge Corporation: Can the Experiment Survive? |url=https://carnegieendowment.org/events/?fa=eventDetail&id=1067&lang=en |website=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace}} where he completed the negotiation of foreign assistance agreements with 18 countries totalling $6.3 billion for infrastructure, agriculture, water and sanitation, health and education projects. He has also been a non-resident senior associate at the [Carnegie Endowment's](/source/Carnegie_Endowment_for_International_Peace) Democracy and Rule of Law Program, a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University.{{Cite web |date=2004-01-26 |title=John Hewko |url=https://carnegieendowment.org/experts/115 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921195304/https://carnegieendowment.org/experts/115 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 21, 2020 |website=Carnegie Endowment For International Peace}} In 2011, he was appointed general secretary and CEO of [Rotary International](/source/Rotary_International). He holds an undergraduate degree from Hamilton College, New York, a master's degree from [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University), where he studied as a Marshall Scholar,{{Cite web |title=Careers & Outcomes - Notable Alumni |url=https://www.hamilton.edu/after/alumni |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=Hamilton College |language=en}} and a [Juris Doctor](/source/Juris_Doctor) degree from [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University).{{Cite web |title='John Hewko' |url=https://carnegieendowment.org/experts/115 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921195304/https://carnegieendowment.org/experts/115 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 21, 2020 |via=carnegieendowment.org}}  ==Personal life== Hewko is the son of Ukrainian immigrants, who moved to the United States in 1949 after four years in German displaced persons camps. He lives with his wife, Marga, in [Evanston, Illinois](/source/Evanston%2C_Illinois).{{Cite web |title=Staff Corner: John Hewko |url=https://www.rotary.org/en/staff-corner-john-hewko |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=www.rotary.org |language=en}} == References == {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hewko, John}} Category:Living people Category:Rotary International leaders Category:1957 births Category:Hamilton College (New York) alumni Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford Category:Harvard Law School alumni Category:People associated with Baker McKenzie --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [John Hewko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hewko) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hewko?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.