Kenneth Wollack is the president of the National Democratic Institute (NDI), a Washington D.C.-based NGO that supports democratic institutions and practices around the world. Before he joined NDI, Wollack co-edited the Middle East Policy Survey newsletter and wrote regularly on foreign affairs for the Los Angeles Times. Wollack also served as the legislative director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and on the staff of the McGovern Presidential Campaign in 1972.