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Officers and Directors

Officers

The Honorable Vin Weber, (Chairman) [more...]
Clark & Weinstock

The Honorable Richard A. Gephardt, (Vice-Chair) [more...]

Mr. Robert Miller, (Treasurer), [more...]
Davidson, Dawson & Clark LLP

Jean Bethke Elshtain, (Secretary) [more...]

Carl Gershman, (President) [more...]


Directors

John Bohn
California Public Utilities Commission

The Honorable Norm Coleman, [more...]
United States Senate

The Honorable Christopher Cox [more...]
Chairman
Securities & Exchange Commission

Ms. Rita DiMartino, [more...]

The Honorable Kenneth M. Duberstein, [more...]
Chairman and CEO, Duberstein Group Inc

Ms. Esther Dyson, [more...]
Chairman, EDventure

Patricia S. Friend, [more...]
International President, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO

Dr. Francis Fukuyama, [more...]
Johns Hopkins University,
Paul H. Nitze School for Advanced International Studies

Dr. William A. Galston, [more...]
Senior Fellow, Governance Studies Program
The Brookings Institution

Ms. Suzanne Garment, [more...]
Associate, Clifford Chance US LLP

The Honorable Lee H. Hamilton, [more...]
Director, The Woodrow Wilson Center

Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke, [more...]
Counselor, Perseus

The Honorable Mark S. Kirk,
United States House of Representatives

Larry A. Liebenow, [more...]
Quaker Fabric Corporation

Mr. Edward McElroy, [more...]
President, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO

The Honorable Gregory W. Meeks, [more...]
United States House of Representatives

Kenneth Mehlman
Managing Director and Head of Global Public Affairs
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

Moisés Naím, [more...]
Editor, Foreign Policy
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Ambassador Michael Novak, [more...]
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

Carlos Pascual, [more...]
President & Director, Foreign Policy Studies Program
The Brookings Institution

The Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes, [more...]
United States Senate

Dr. Judy Shelton, [ more...]

Ambassador Terence A. Todman, [ more...]
International Consultant

Ambassador Howard Wolpe, [ more...]
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars


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Office of the President

Carl Gershman, [more...]
President

Zarmina Nashir
Executive Secretary

David Lowe [more...]
Vice President, Government & External Relations

Jane Riley Jacobsen
Director of Public Affairs

Kelly Dougherty
Congressional Liaison

Michael Allen
Special Assistant to the Vice President, Government & External Relations

Trisha Comsti
Publications Coordinator

Suzanne Levine
Web Project Administrator

Nathan Kurz
Assistant to the President's Office

Art Kaufman
Director,
World Movement for Democracy

Ryota Jonen
Project Manager,
World Movement for Democracy

Cecilia Hernandez
Assistant Project Manager,
World Movement for Democracy

Cate Urban
Assistant Project Manager,
World Movement for Democracy

Marguerite H. Sullivan
Senior Director,
Center for International Media Assistance

Shannon Maguire
Media Center Coordinator,
Center for International Media Assistance

Spencer Hayne,
Media Center Administrator,
Center for International Media Assistance

Kenneth B. Yancey
Senior Director, Organization Resources


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Program Staff

Barbara Haig [more...]
Vice President, Programs, Planning & Evaluation

Myriam Fizazi-Hawkins
Senior Program Coordinator

Volodymyr Kozoriz
Budget Analyst Program, Planning & Evaluation

Rebekah Usatin
Program Officer for Monitoring & Evaluation

Brian Hennessey
Assistant Program Coordinator

Lauren Butner
Program Coordination Assistant

Beth Davis
Program Coordination Assistant

Thomas Akowuah
Program Secretary

Samlanchith Chanthavong
Multi-Regional Global Program Officer

Dave Peterson [more...]
Senior Director, Africa

Eric Robinson
Program Officer, Africa

Joshua Marks
Program Officer, Central Africa

Dominique Dieudonné
Program Officer, Africa

Marissa Bell
Assistant Program Officer, Africa

Neetha Tangirala
Assistant Program Officer, Africa

Oge Okoye
Assistant Program Officer, Africa

Nancy Welch
Program Assistant, Africa

Louisa Coan Greve
Director, East Asia

Brian Joseph
Director, South & Southeast Asia

John Knaus
Senior Program Officer, Asia

Anna Brettell
Program Officer, East Asia

Wilson Lee
Program Officer, South & Southeast Asia

Jiehae Choi
Assistant Program Officer, East Asia

Mona Dave
Assistant Program Officer, South & Southeast Asia

Jessica Gingerich
Assistant Program Officer, South & Southeast Asia

Minyang Jiang
Program Assistant, East Asia

Amanda Wood
Program Assistant, East Asia

Aung Maw Zin
Program Assistant, South & Southeast Asia

Nadia Diuk [more...]
Senior Director, Europe & Eurasia

Rodger Potocki
Director, Europe & Eurasia

Miriam Lanskoy
Senior Program Officer, Central Asia & the Caucasus

John Squier
Senior Program Officer, Russia & Ukraine

Marc Schleifer
Program Officer, Russia & Ukraine

Rebekah J. Boone
Program Officer, Eurasia

Ivana Howard
Program Officer, Central & Eastern Europe

Graham Dumas
Assistant Program Officer, Russia & Ukraine

Carrie Diffenderfer
Program Assistant, Europe & Eurasia

Bobbie Jo Traut
Program Assistant, Europe & Eurasia

Martha Beard
Program Assistant, Central Asia & the Caucasus

Miriam Kornblith
Director, Latin America & the Caribbean

Fabiola Cordova
Program Officer, Latin America & the Caribbean

Daniela Rudstein
Program Officer, Latin America & the Caribbean

Brandon Yoder
Program Officer, Latin America & the Caribbean

Julie Dowds
Assistant Program Officer, Latin America & the Caribbean

Sophie Miller
Program Assistant, Latin America & the Caribbean

Laith Kubba
Senior Director, Middle East & North Africa

Karen Farrell
Senior Program Officer, Middle East & North Africa

Rahman Aljebouri
Senior Program Officer, Middle East & North Africa

Raja El Habti
Program Officer, Middle East & North Africa

Atiaf Alwazir
Program Officer, Middle East & North Africa

Anisa Afshar
Assistant Program Officer, Middle East & North Africa

Danny Dedeyan
Assistant Program Officer, Middle East & North Africa

Hanane Zelouani Idrissi
Assistant Program Officer, Middle East & North Africa

Mandana Afshar
Assistant Program Officer, Middle East & North Africa

Amina Afaf Carroll
Program Assistant, Middle East & North Africa

Adam Al-Sarraf
Program Assistant, Middle East & North Africa


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Finance Staff

Joseph Cooper, Jr.
Vice President, Finance & Administration

Kae Guthrie
Director of Administration

Lindlee Frasier
Executive Assistant to the Vice President, Finance & Administration

Darryll Joyner
Office and Payroll Administrator

Wayne Coates
Office Services Supervisor

Mark Fields
Office Services Assistant

Sherman Davis
Office Services Assistant

Kimberly Anderson
Receptionist/Secretary

Lee Correll
Manager, Information Technology

Chris French
Senior Network Engineer

John Maestros
Senior Network Engineer

Trevor Reid
Database/Web Developer

Shannon Schreiner
Senior Engineer

Keenan Faulkner
Help Desk Assistant

Sabina E. Silkworth [more...]
Director of Accounting

Pat Dempsey
Senior Accountant

Pat Owens
Accounting Administrator

Ebony Smart
Accounting Assistant

Keith Burton
Director of Auditing

Chibuzo Ogbonna
Manager of Auditing

Silvia F. Vest
Senior Auditor

Adel Mawla
Senior Auditor

Elena Bernstein
Auditor

Java Dorjsuren
Auditor

Karell Adou
Auditor

Theresa Shegog
Audit Associate

Donna de Guzman
Audit Assistant

Mike Davis
Senior Director, Grants Administration

Nicolette Aftimos
Manager, Grants Administration

Christopher Ragonese
Manager, Grants Administration

Nancy Herzog
Manager, Grants Administration

Frank Conatser
Grants Administrator

Carrie Chomuik
Grants Administrator

Katya Forbes
Grants Administrator

Bashar Hilbawi
Grants Administrator

Rula Jamous
Grants Administrator

Rhonda Mays-Buntoro
Grants Administrator

Hamida Shadi
Grants Administrator

Mary Ann Shepherd
Senior Grants Administrator

Mariama Souare
Grants Administrator

Andriy Yuzvenko
Grants Administrator

Bintou Camara
Grants Administrator

Mary Anne Limoncelli
Grants Assistant

Rena T. Memmedli
Grants Assistant

Reneé Rosser
Grants Assistant


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International Forum for Democratic Studies

Marc F. Plattner [more...]
Vice President, Research & Studies
Codirector, International Forum
Coeditor,
Journal of Democracy

Larry Diamond [more...]
Codirector, International Forum
Coeditor,
Journal of Democracy

Diego Abente
Deputy Director, International Forum

Marta Kalabinski
Assistant to the Vice President, Research & Studies
Assistant Editor,
Journal of Democracy

Maria Angelica Fleetwood
Senior Forum Administrator

Tracy Brown
Associate Editor, Journal of Democracy

Sally Blair [more...]
Director, Reagan/Fascell Program

Jessica Martin
Program Assistant, Fellowship Program

Melissa Aten
Research & Conferences Officer, International Forum

Phil Costopoulos
Executive Editor, Journal of Democracy

Brent Kallmer
Managing Editor, Journal of Democracy

Zerxes Spencer
Associate Editor, Journal of Democracy
Manager, Fellowship Programs

Guy Allen Overland
Director, Democracy Resource Center

Ginger Richards
Senior Electronic Resources Librarian

Tim Myers
Librarian

Anna Yevropina
Librarian/Archivist

Alek Potrzebowski
Library Assistant