About Brian Vogt
Brian Vogt is a Senior Advisor at the Partnership for a Secure America. He works as a Senior Program Officer for the National Democratic Institute's Asia program.
In 2004 he co-founded a political advocacy organization, Win Back Respect, that promoted an American foreign policy that engages America’s friends and allies. During the 2004 presidential campaign Win Back Respect produced television advertisements that aired in every battleground state featuring military families whose loved ones were serving in Iraq. Win Back Respect also organized a series of town hall events led by General Wesley Clark. In 2003/04 he also worked as a field organizer with the Howard Dean presidential campaign in Iowa and Michigan.
He has worked for four years with the international nonprofit organization Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, which invests in social entrepreneurs in developing countries. Brian worked with Ashoka’s Asia program and led the organization’s monitoring and evaluation program. He has done field research on post conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone, worked in the microfinance field in Bangalore, India, and served as an international election observer in Indonesia with the Carter Center. He has taught English in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and has twice cycled across the U.S. to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity. He has a Masters in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University and a BA in Political Science from Yale University.
Posts by Brian Vogt:
- When a killer seeks death, perhaps death is not the ultimate punishment, 11 Jun 2008
- President Bush looking for a handout, 23 May 2008
- Time for creative thinking on Burma relief, 12 May 2008
- A gas tax holiday from reality, 29 Apr 2008
- Acknowledging opposing views: A sign of strength, 16 Apr 2008
- Honoring our troops by asking Americans to sacrifice, 03 Apr 2008
- Guilty by association, 21 Mar 2008
- Development, Diplomacy, and Defense, 10 Mar 2008
- Taking the long view in Pakistan, 26 Feb 2008
- Hopefully McCain won’t take a lesson from Romney’s playbook, 12 Feb 2008