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Our Teams

NDI’s program staff is generally divided among regional teams that specialize in particular geographic areas and issue teams that focus on specific programming areas that cut across regional lines. Administrative teams deal with operational issues.

Executive Office

Kenneth Wollack
President
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Shari Bryan
Vice President, Administration
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Eurasia

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Events

World Affairs Briefing: The Angolan Parliamentary Elections and Prospects for Democratic Development

Date: Wed Dec 31 1969
Location: 2030 M Street, N.W., Fifth Floor; Washington, D.C.

A briefing assessing recent parliamentary elections in Angola and the outlook for Angola's evolving democracy.

AT THE EVENT

NDI Democracy Luncheon

NDI presented the 17th W. Averell Harriman Democracy Award and the third Madeleine K. Albright Grant at the NDI Democracy Luncheon on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi — the highest-ranking woman in American government — delivered the keynote address and joined us in honoring the achievements of this year’s awardees.

NDI Hosts Roundtable on Gender Politics in the Western Balkans

p>Changing gender politics in the Western Balkans was the theme that brought together eight young Balkan leaders to participate in a lively discussion co-hosted by NDI and the National Albanian American Council (NAAC). Topics ranging from gender quotas for elected office to social implications of gender equity were posed by NDI’s Aleksandra Pajevic, the Institute’s field director in Albania, who moderated the session called “Women in Government, Access to Power.”

Iraq's Provincial Elections: The Outcome and the Impact

The panelists at this discussion, who were in Iraq on election day, discussed the elections, the role of the Awakening tribes, how Sunni Arab participation affected voting, how Prime Minister Maliki fared in this major political test, and whether the provincial elections could serve as a barometer for the upcoming national elections.

Women in Politics

Political parties serve as vehicles by which citizens can come together freely to define their political and policy aspirations and campaign for public office. NDI is a nonpartisan organization and works with parties of many ideological persuasions to help foster open, accountable and responsive political systems.

As part of that effort, NDI maintains relationships with party internationals, institutes, foundations, groups and other organizations that span the political spectrum. These include:

Executives and Legislatures

NDI works with partners around the world to build more effective, transparent, accountable, and responsive governments. The Institute currently has governance programs in more than 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East.

Assisting in that effort are a number of organizations and institutions in the United States and abroad that are themselves dedicated to strengthening and supporting democratic governance. They include:

Burkina Faso: Strengthening Women’s Political Participation at the Local Level

While women’s political participation has increased in Burkina Faso since the decentralization process began in 1998, there are still major cultural and structural barriers that must be overcome to ensure women’s effective participation in public life. Since 2005, NDI has supported women’s increased political participation in Burkina Faso through a Sida-funded program that has contributed to the election of 6,400 women local councilors (about one-third of the approximately 18,000 total local councilors) and enhanced the management skills of women councilors and mayors.

NDI Benefits

Full-time positions include the following benefits:

Insurance

Health - CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO or Aetna International
Prescription Plan
Dental
Life (fully paid by NDI)
Short and Long Term Disability (fully paid by NDI)

Who Supports Our Work

NDI receives funding to carry out its mission from a wide variety of governmental and nongovernmental donors, including:

The National Endowment for Democracy

The National Democratic Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation, openness and accountability in government.