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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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» Other Executive Office Staff
Regional Teams
(Hover your mouse over a region to see a list of NDI program countries)
Asia
Peter Manikas, Senior Associate and Regional Director
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Central and Eastern Europe
Robert Benjamin, Senior Associate and Regional Director
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Central and West Africa
Christopher Fomunyoh, Senior Associate and Regional Director
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Eurasia
Laura Jewett, Regional Director
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Latin America and the Caribbean
Jim Swigert, Senior Associate and Regional Director
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Middle East and North Africa
Leslie Campbell, Senior Associate and Regional Director
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Southern and East Africa
Keith Jennings, Regional Director
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Issue-Area Teams
Citizen Participation
Aaron Azelton, Director
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Democracy and Technology
Chris Spence, Chief Technology Officer
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Election Processes
Patrick Merloe, Senior Associate and Director
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Governance
K. Scott Hubli, Director
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Political Parties
Ivan Doherty, Director
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Women’s Political Participation
Susan Markham, Director
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Administrative Teams
Accounting
Sander Schultz, Chief Financial Officer
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Human Resources
John Palien
Bio
Library
Patrick Sheary, Librarian
Office Management
Hernani Snyder, Director, Office Administration
Bio
Operations
Joe Gleason, Director, Global Security and Operations
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Program Coordination
Mary Markowicz, Director
Program Development
Robert Hurd, Director
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Public Affairs
Kathy Gest, Director
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Technology
Chris Spence, Chief Technology Officer
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