Deborah Ullmer is the regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean programs at the National Democratic Institute (NDI). She has more than 25 years of experience managing a range of democracy assistance and human rights programs. She served as Freedom House’s director for Latin America and the Caribbean programs in 2019-2020 and as the chief of party for a USAID Office of the Transition Initiative’s program in Nicaragua in 2018-2019. Ullmer served at the NDI from 1996 through 2018, where she focused primarily on the Latin America portfolio, with a brief foray as deputy director for Southern and East Africa programs from 2010 to 2014.
She earned a BA in Political Science and Modern Languages from Seton Hall University and received her Executive Master’s degree in International Peace and Conflict Resolution at the American University’s School of International Service.
Ullmer was an event speaker at the Dialogue.
