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Carl Gershman
Carl Gershman (born July 20, 1943) served from 1984 to 2021 as the founding president of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a private, congressionally-funded, grant-making institution that supports non-governmental groups working for democracy around the world. During his presidency, NED's annual congressional appropriation grew from $18.5 million in 1984 to $300 million a year in 2021, when it funded nearly 2,000 projects in 100 countries.
Gershman also initiated a range of activities aimed at supplementing the grants program through democracy research, advocacy and networking, including the International Forum for Democratic Studies, the Journal of Democracy, the World Movement for Democracy, the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program, and the Center for International Media Assistance. Prior to the NED, Gershman was senior counselor to the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Jeane Kirkpatrick, and was Alternate U.S. Representative to the U.N. Security Council during the first term of the Reagan administration. Gershman was also a resident scholar at Freedom House (1980) and executive director of Social Democrats, USA (1974–1980).
Gershman was born into a Jewish family in New York City on July 20, 1943. In 1961, he graduated magna cum laude from the Horace Mann Preparatory School in the Riverdale section of The Bronx. As an undergraduate at Yale University, he was active in the Yale Civil Rights Council, and volunteered in Mississippi and Alabama.
In 1965, he graduated magna cum laude from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
From 1965 to 1967, Gershman served with Volunteers in Service to America in Pittsburgh, which was a domestic version of the Peace Corps. In 1968 he graduated with a Master of Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
In 1968, he worked in the research department of B'nai B'rith. From 1969 to 1971, he was Research Director at the A. Philip Randolph Institute, where he was an assistant to its director, Bayard Rustin.
From 1969 to 1974, Gershman served as director of research, co-chairman, and executive director of the Youth Committee for Peace in the Middle East, where he also edited the organization's magazine Crossroads. In 1972, he served on the governing council of the American Jewish Committee.
In 1972, Gershman and Irving Howe edited a collection, Israel, the Arabs and the Middle East. Gershman also served on the editorial board of Dissent magazine, which was edited by Howe.
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Carl Gershman
Carl Gershman (born July 20, 1943) served from 1984 to 2021 as the founding president of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a private, congressionally-funded, grant-making institution that supports non-governmental groups working for democracy around the world. During his presidency, NED's annual congressional appropriation grew from $18.5 million in 1984 to $300 million a year in 2021, when it funded nearly 2,000 projects in 100 countries.
Gershman also initiated a range of activities aimed at supplementing the grants program through democracy research, advocacy and networking, including the International Forum for Democratic Studies, the Journal of Democracy, the World Movement for Democracy, the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program, and the Center for International Media Assistance. Prior to the NED, Gershman was senior counselor to the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Jeane Kirkpatrick, and was Alternate U.S. Representative to the U.N. Security Council during the first term of the Reagan administration. Gershman was also a resident scholar at Freedom House (1980) and executive director of Social Democrats, USA (1974–1980).
Gershman was born into a Jewish family in New York City on July 20, 1943. In 1961, he graduated magna cum laude from the Horace Mann Preparatory School in the Riverdale section of The Bronx. As an undergraduate at Yale University, he was active in the Yale Civil Rights Council, and volunteered in Mississippi and Alabama.
In 1965, he graduated magna cum laude from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
From 1965 to 1967, Gershman served with Volunteers in Service to America in Pittsburgh, which was a domestic version of the Peace Corps. In 1968 he graduated with a Master of Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
In 1968, he worked in the research department of B'nai B'rith. From 1969 to 1971, he was Research Director at the A. Philip Randolph Institute, where he was an assistant to its director, Bayard Rustin.
From 1969 to 1974, Gershman served as director of research, co-chairman, and executive director of the Youth Committee for Peace in the Middle East, where he also edited the organization's magazine Crossroads. In 1972, he served on the governing council of the American Jewish Committee.
In 1972, Gershman and Irving Howe edited a collection, Israel, the Arabs and the Middle East. Gershman also served on the editorial board of Dissent magazine, which was edited by Howe.
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