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IFES President and CEO Announces Intent to Step Down by End of 2018
The president and CEO of IFES, William “Bill” Sweeney, announced his decision to step down from his current role by December 31, 2018. He has been IFES’ top executive since June 2009 and shepherded a number of significant changes to the organization, making IFES a more competitive and dynamic contributor to the democracy building movement. A bipartisan Board panel, comprised of two Republicans and two Democrats and led by former U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Peter McPherson, will oversee the recruitment process for Sweeney’s successor.
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IFES Congratulates Tarana Burke on Being Named a TIME Magazine “Person of the Year”
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) congratulates Tarana Burke, creator of the #MeToo movement, on being named one of TIME magazine’s “Silence Breakers,” and included as a 2017 Person of the Year. “The Silence Breakers” represent the thousands of people across the world who have come forward with their experiences of sexual harassment and assault. Burke, who founded the #MeToo movement in 2006 to help survivors of sexual violence, was recently featured in an IFES Capitol Hill panel on “Violence Against Women in the Workplace.”
