Rachel Beatty Riedl

Peggy J. Koenig ’78 Director of the Center on Global Democracy

Rachel Beatty Riedl’s research expertise is on democracy and authoritarianism globally, and particularly across Africa. She focuses on questions of participation, institutions, political parties, and local governance. Riedl serves as the Peggy J. Koenig ’78 Director of the Center on Global Democracy in the Brooks School of Public Policy and Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University.

Paul Friesen

Postdoctoral Associate

Thomas E. Garrett

Distinguished Global Democracy Lecturer at the Brooks School and Einaudi Center Lund Practitioner in Residence

Thomas E. Garrett is the Distinguished Global Democracy Practitioner in Residence at the Brooks School and the Einaudi Center Lund Practitioner in Residence, having recently completed a seven-year term as Secretary General of the Communities of Democracy, a global intergovernmental coalition founded in 2000 through the adoption of the Warsaw Declaration. Mr. Garrett previously spent three decades at the International Republican Institute (IRI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that supports democracy, civil society, women and youth political empowerment, and democratic governance in more than 80 countries, rising to become the organization’s vice president.

Cathi Sullivan

Executive Administrative Assistant