Kenneth WollackPresident
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)

Kenneth Wollack is President of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI). He has been actively involved in foreign affairs, journalism and politics since 1972.

Mr. Wollack joined NDI in 1986 as Executive Vice President. The Institute's Boards of Directors elected him president in March 1993.

NDI conducts nonpartisan programs to maintain and strengthen democratic institutions throughout the world. Mr. Wollack has traveled extensively in Eastern and Central Europe, the former Soviet Union, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and Africa on behalf of the Institute's political development programs.

Before joining NDI in 1986, Mr. Wollack co-edited the Middle East Policy Survey, a Washington-based newsletter. He also wrote regularly on foreign affairs for the Los Angeles Times. From 1973 to 1980, he served as Legislative Director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

Mr. Wollack has been active in American politics, serving on the national staff of the McGovern presidential campaign in 1972. He is a graduate of Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, and has studied abroad at the University of London.