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.

Victor Rojas serves as country director in NDI's Peru office. Mr. Rojas has more than 20 years of experience in supporting election processes and strengthening political parties in Latin America and other regions of the world. He led an election project in Nicaragua for the National Endowment for Democracy and consulted for the International Foundation for Electoral Systems as a political party expert for a USAID-funded program in Tajikistan. This experience has been complemented by his work as a campaign and government communications advisor and trainer for presidents and candidates at the national, state and local level. In this work, he often employed new media technologies and public opinion research tools to help candidates develop policy platforms that are more responsive to voters' concerns.

Mr. Rojas has served as a campaign and communications advisor for governments and a range of candidates for public office in Latin America. From 2006 to 2009, he was senior advisor to the Coalition of First Ladies and Women Leaders from Latin America on Women and AIDS. As advisor to the coalition, Mr. Rojas worked directly with the first ladies to prepare policy proposals, organize joint activities, facilitate international fundraising and convene an international congress to share policy approaches to combating HIV/AIDS.

From 2005 to 2009, Mr. Rojas also served as an in-country advisor and trainer for the U.S. and Costa Rican public opinion firms Greenberg Quinlan Rosner and Borge y Asociados. He regularly assisted candidates for presidential, legislative and municipal level offices in Bolivia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama in such areas as polling and focus groups, training for women candidates, and communications and strategic planning. From 2000 to 2005, he served as a communications advisor to the presidency of Costa Rica. His responsibilities included defining the government's vision, strategic development targets, monitoring and evaluation plans and response to natural disasters.

Mr. Rojas received his B.A. in history from the University of Costa Rica in 1985. In addition to his native Spanish, Mr. Rojas speaks fluent English.