Carnegie Council

Jennifer L. Windsor became the Executive Director of Freedom House in January 2001.

Prior to her position at Freedom House, Ms. Windsor worked at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for over nine years. She most recently served as the Deputy Assistant Administrator and Director of the Center for Democracy and Governance in the Global Bureau at USAID.

Prior to that she worked for USAID on democracy and governance issues in Africa, and was special assistant/deputy chief of staff to USAID Administrator Brian Atwood.

Ms. Windsor has served as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, has written numerous articles on democracy and has regularly appeared on NPR, BBC, VOA and other news outlets.

Resources by this Author:

• Freedom in Retreat
• Freedom in Retreat
• Freedom in Retreat
• Freedom in the World 2007: Is Freedom Under Threat?