USCIRF Elects Chair, Vice-Chairs

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom announced yesterday that Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett has been elected Chair of USCIRF.  Rev. William J. Shaw and Mary Ann Glendon were elected Vice-Chairs. Section 201(d) of the International Religious Freedom Act mandates election of a chair by a majority of the USCIRF members present and voting at the first meeting after May 30 each year.