Chad Vickery has 17 years of legal and international election administration experience with an emphasis on strengthening democracy and governance in transitioning societies. He has extensive experience in designing and managing election complaint adjudication programs; providing comparative legal analysis, working on elections and rule of law programs throughout South Asia, Southeast Asia, Eurasia and the Middle East.

Vickery’s specific programmatic experience includes leading projects to ensure development of impartial legal frameworks for elections, increasing professionalism of election management bodies, improving accuracy of voter registration lists, establishing effective election dispute programs and increasing political participation of women and historically disenfranchised groups into the electoral process.

He holds a masters degree in international relations from Georgetown University; a Juris Doctorate from the Catholic University of America with a concentration in comparative and international law; and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Washington. He is a member of the Washington State Bar.

• Egyptian Diplomats Visit IFES
• Thursday, October 14, 2010
• The Democracy Agenda and Crisis of Communism
• Tuesday, November 17, 2009
• Understanding, Adjudicating, and Resolving Election Disputes
• February 14, 2011
• Pakistan: Post-Election Community-Based Mediation and Adjudication Program
• April 30, 2009
• Indonesian Elections: The Case for Sustained Democracy Assistance
• April 9, 2009
• Four IFES Experts Present Papers at IPSA Conference
• February 14, 2011
• Top Experts in Complaints Adjudication Discuss the Upcoming Elections in the Philippines
• April 27, 2010
• Chad Vickery and Peter Erben Speak About Democracy Promotion After the Berlin Wall
• November 16, 2009