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David Beckmann

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David Beckmann has been president of Bread for the World since 1991, leading campaigns to strengthen U.S. political commitment to overcoming hunger and poverty. A Lutheran clergyman and an economist, Beckmann previously worked with the World Bank; he earned degrees from Yale, Christ Seminary, and the London School of Economics. 

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