Larry Garber

Larry Garber comes to New Israel Fund "following five years as director of the United States Agency for International Development’s West Bank and Gaza mission. Previously, he was senior policy advisor and deputy assistant administrator of the Bureau of Policy and Program Coordination at USAID.

"Garber was a senior associate at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs from 1988 to 1993, organizing international election observer missions leading to historic governmental transitions in the Philippines, Chile, Pakistan, Panama, Bulgaria and Zambia. He has also served as an advisor to a number of governments on election law reform issues.

"Garber served as legal director of the International Human Rights Law Group from 1983 to 1988, preparing the first-ever guide for international election observers. He has served as a member of the adjunct faculty of the Washington College of Law of American University and as a consultant to the United Nations, Organization of American States and Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe.

"Garber is a 1980 graduate of Columbia University with a joint JD and Masters of International Affairs. He received his BA in 1976 from Queens College of the City University of New York and spent a year of his undergraduate studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem." 


 * Member, Aspen Institute / Middle East Strategy Group
 * Executive Director, New Israel Fund