Who We Are
IRI promotes democracy worldwide. Since its founding in 1983, IRI, a nonpartisan, nongovernmental organization, has worked in more than 100 countries—in Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East and North Africa.
We are experts in responsive politics, political processes, polling, technology, and party building, all with the goal of promoting and establishing free, fair, and accountable democratic leadership around the globe. IRI partners with other global leaders on projects designed to advance these goals. IRI’s worldwide network is key to our ability to maintain longstanding relationships and deliver sustainable results.
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Meet Our Leadership
Executive Team
Daniel
President
Kimber
Shearer
Executive Vice President
Scott
Mastic
Vice President, Programs
Hallam
Ferguson
Vice President for Global Operations
Antonia
Ferrier
Vice President for External Affairs
Patrick
Quirk, PhD
Vice President for Strategy, Innovation, and Impact
Leadership Team
Adam
King
Regional Director, East Asia and the Pacific
Antonio
Garrastazu
Senior Director, Latin America and the Caribbean
Caitlin
Dearing Scott
Director, Countering Foreign Authoritarian Influence and Strategy – Center for Global Impact
Carrie
Reasonover
Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa
Charles
Cisney
Senior Director, Global Human Resources and Administration
Elizabeth
Montgomery
Deputy Director, Europe
Geoff
Merck
Director, IT
Gregory
Kearns
Director, Africa
Halina
Manno
Chief Financial Officer
Jan Erik
Surotchak
Senior Advisor, Transatlantic Strategy
Jared
Ford
Director, Technology and Democracy
Jenai
Cox
Regional Deputy Director, Africa
Johanna
Kao
Senior Director, Asia-Pacific
John
Stapleton
Deputy Director, Communications
Katya
Rimkunas
Director for Democracy, Rights, and Governance (DRG) Technical Leadership
Keri
Zolman
Deputy Director, Women’s Democracy Network
Matt
Adams
Director, Global Safety and Security
Natalie
Trisilla
Director, Evidence and Learning – Center for Global Impact
Nesti
Gjeluci
Deputy Director, Business Development
Owen
Kirby
Regional Director, North Africa and Middle East
Paul
McCarthy
Regional Director, Europe
Rachel
Chute
Director, Business Development
Rhonda
Mays
Director, Southeast Asia
Ryan
Mahoney
Director, Communications
Sam
LaHood
Director, Government Affairs
Sonja
Gloeckle
Senior Director, Center for Insights in Survey Research
Stephanie
Palen
Deputy Director, Eurasia
Stephen B.
Nix, Esq.
Senior Director, Eurasia
Stephen
Cima
Regional Director, South Asia
Valerie
Dowling
Director, Private Sector Engagement & Women’s Democracy Network
Will
Meeker
Senior Director, Africa
Board of Directors
U.S. Senator Dan
Sullivan
Chairman
Randy
Scheunemann
Vice Chairman
Alec L.
Poitevint II
Secretary – Treasurer
Kelly
Ayotte
Board Member
Judy
Black
Board Member, IRI | Advisory Council Member, WDN
Gahl Hodges
Burt
Board Member
U.S. Senator Tom
Cotton
Board Member
Ambassador Paula
Dobriansky
Board Member
U.S. Senator Joni
Ernst
Board Member
Frank J.
Fahrenkopf, Jr.
Board Member
Christopher J.
Fussner
Board Member
Cory
Gardner
Board Member
U.S. Senator Lindsey
Graham
Board Member
U.S. Representative Kay
Granger
Board Member
William J.
Hybl
Board Member
Mark
Kirk
Board Member
David
Kramer
Board Member
Tami
Longaberger
Board Member
Peter T.
Madigan
Board Member
Lieutenant General H.R.
McMaster
Board Member
Constance Berry
Newman
Board Member
Matt
Pottinger
Board Member
U.S. Senator Mitt
Romney
Board Member
Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen
Board Member
U.S. Senator Marco
Rubio
Board Member
Ambassador Kristen
Silverberg
Board Member
Frances
Townsend
Board Member
Ambassador Gaddi
Vasquez
Board Member
Olin L.
Wethington
Board Member
