Former U.S. Secretary of State and director of the Central Intelligence Agency Mike Pompeo is the featured speaker at the 17th University of Mobile Leadership Banquet on Saturday, April 6.
The evening, which is the Christian university’s main fundraising event of the year, will feature entertainment by students and faculty from the university’s Alabama School of the Arts. The UM Leadership Banquet begins with a VIP reception at 5:15 p.m. with banquet starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Arthur R. Outlaw Convention Center.
Tickets and sponsorships are available now at umobile.edu/banquet or through the Office for Advancement, 251-442-2325.
History of service
Pompeo served as the 70th Secretary of State of the United States and the director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Pompeo was elected to four terms in Congress representing the Fourth District of Kansas. He graduated first in his class from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1986 and served as a cavalry officer in the U.S. Army, leading troops patrolling the Iron Curtain.
He left the military in 1991, then graduated from Harvard Law School, having served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review. For almost a decade he led two manufacturing businesses in south central Kansas — first in the aerospace industry and then making energy drilling and production equipment.
In 2010 he ran for Congress and was reelected three more times to represent south central Kansas. He served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency and was appointed by President Donald Trump to serve as America’s 70th Secretary of State, where he helped craft U.S. foreign policy.
His New York Times bestselling book was released in January 2023. “Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love,” includes stories from his time as Secretary of State and CIA director.
Pompeo and his wife, Susan, have one son, Nick, and daughter-in-law, Rachel. The Pompeos dedicated many volunteer hours to their home church, including teaching 5th grade Sunday School and his time as a church deacon.
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Kathy Dean and originally published by the University of Mobile.
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