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January 21, 2012
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Larry Garber
Since July 2004, Larry Garber has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the New Israel Fund (NIF). Garber served as a senior policymaker with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from 1993-99 and as Director of USAID's West Bank and Gaza Mission from 1999-2004. Before joining USAID, Garber worked with the National Democratic Institute, the International Human Rights Law Group, and Steptoe and Johnson law firm. He has served as a consultant on election-related matters for the Organization of American States, United Nations, and Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe, and has taught at the Washington College of Law. He has written extensively on issues relating to human rights, democratization, election monitoring, and Palestinian political and economic development.
Garber was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from Queens College with a bachelor's degree in 1976 and received a joint master's degree in international affairs and a law degree from Columbia University in 1980.


