Larry Garber is an independent consultant and adjunct faculty at University of Denver and George Washington University, where he teaches courses on international development and comparative election law. He is a former senior official at USAID, where he served for more than 16 years, including two stints as Acting Assistant Administrator of the Agency’s policy bureau and as the Mission Director for West Bank/Gaza (1999-2004). From 2015-2017, he was detailed to the faculty of the National Defense University, where he taught senior military and civilian officials.Outside government, Larry has served as consultant to various international development organizations (2017-present), Chief Executive Officer of the New Israel Fund (2004-2009), Senior Associate for Electoral Processes with the National Democratic Institute (1988-1993), Legal Director of the International Human Rights Law Group (1983-1988), Associate at the law firm of Steptoe and Johnson (1982-83), and Staff Attorney with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. He currently serves as the Chief of Party for The Carter Center international observer mission in Zimbabwe, consultant to their US Election Initiative, and as a member of the National Task Force on Election Crises. In 2018, he served as country director for a 2018 Carter Center expert mission to Sierra Leone and as the NDI co-director of the 2018 Zimbabwe International Election Observer Mission. In 1984, Larry authored Guidelines for International Election Observing, which transformed election observation from a casual process with limited structure into a rigorous discipline. He has led multiple election observation missions and advised senior leaders in several countries undertaking comprehensive electoral reforms following political transitions. From 2006-2008, he was a member on a six-person National Academy of Sciences Expert Panel, which reviewed USAID’s experience evaluating programs in the democracy and governance sector and which offered a series of highly influential recommendations. InLarry has contributed chapters to several edited books and prepared articles, book reviews and blogs on issues relating to international development, democracy promotion, peacebuilding and conflict prevention, human rights, and electoral reform. He has Law/Master in International Affairs degrees from Columbia University and a BA from Queens College.