Jason Calder

About Jason Calder

Over 25 years of leadership and management experience in innovative international peacebuilding, development, and governance programming in a dozen countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Programmatic engagements at global, national, and community levels, with a focus on consensus-building, multi-stakeholder dialogues. Subject matter expertise in strategic peacebuilding, international development, governance and elections, and social cohesion. Nurtured and managed relationships with high-level government counterparts; with civil society, private sector and grassroots communities; and with diplomatic missions and international organizations including the United States Institute of Peace, the World Bank, OECD, the United Nations and others. Research and teaching experience in international peacebuilding. Supervised domestic and international staff teams for the achievement of institutional and programmatic goals. Strong record working in fragile, divided and conflict-affected societies. Excellent conceptualization, execution, communication, partnership, team building, knowledge transfer, fundraising and leadership skills.

Experience

1. Country Director (Guyana)

   The Carter Center

   Jun 2025 — Present

   Direct field operations for The Carter Center\'s International Election Observation Mission (IEOM) for Guyana’s 1 September 2025 General and Regional elections headed by Jason Carter, Chairman of the Carter Center Board of Trustees. Establish and maintain strong relations with key government, political, electoral, civil society, and diplomatic actors, as well as other international observer missions (EU, Commonwealth, CARICOM). Produce regular reports and briefings for IEOM leadership and headquarters staff on political and electoral issues during all phases of the electoral process. Develop and execute deployment plan covering the country’s 10 administrative regions for 47 short-term observers (from 21 countries) for pre-election, election day, and post-election periods. Coordinate and contribute to the production of IEOM press statements, election statements, and final election report encompassing further democratic reforms. Communicate with local and international press about the objectives and activities of the IEOM. Supervise three international experts (legal, electoral, operations/security), local staff, and visiting observers. Maintain fiduciary responsibility for all project funds in accordance with institutional policies and donor agreements. Effectively met objectives within significant time constraints. Develop potential post-election democracy support activity.

Education

• Georgia State University

  M.A., Economics

  2003 — 2005

• University of New Hampshire

  B.S. Business Administration, Dual Degree: International Affairs

  1987 — 1992

Skills

• Qualitative Research
• Non-Profits
• Economic Development
• Program Development
• International Relations
• Program Evaluation
• Public Policy
• Nonprofits
• Teaching
• Sustainability
• Economics
• Non-Governmental Organizations (Ngos)
• Africa
• Grant Writing
• Technical Assistance
• Sustainable Development
• Nonprofit Organizations
• International Development
• Policy Analysis
• Human Rights
• Research
• Political Science
• Fundraising
• Grants
• Ngos
• Conflict Analysis
• Peacebuilding
• Proposal Writing
• Program Management
• Capacity Building
• Civil Society
• Community Outreach
• Community Development