Brian Vogt

Brian Vogt is a Program Manager for Asia at the National Democratic Institute where he manages the organization's Pakistan program along with programs in Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines. He also serves as a Senior Advisor to the Partnership for a Secure America, an organization that promotes bipartisanship in U.S. foreign policy. He previously has served as an international election observer in the DRC, Ethiopia, and Indonesia, worked for the microfinance organization, Sanghamithra, based in Bangalore, India, and worked as an Associate Director for the international NGO, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public where he had primary responsibility for program activities throughout Asia. During the 2004 presidential campaign, he co-founded a political advocacy organization, Win Back Respect, which developed television advertisements focused on U.S. foreign policy.  A native of Covington, Kentucky, he has a MPA in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University and a BA in Political Science from Yale University.