Henry Atem is the Executive Director at the United States Center for Electoral Support (USICES) and directs the programs and projects of USICES. He is a career elections expert with over ten years of professional experience in election administration, assessment, monitoring, and assistance. He has served within an Election Management Body, Intergovernmental, and International Nongovernmental Organizations including the African Union, United Nations, United Nations Development Programme, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, the Carter Center and others. Henry has participated in over 15 international election observation missions and possesses expertise in election assistance programming and advice mainly in Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.

Henry Atem is an active member of the ACE Election Knowledge and Practitioners Network and have shared expert advice to many junior and aspiring election professionals and contributed to the ACE web content. He is a contributor to the Washington based Electoral Violence Prediction Market, an initiative of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau for Conflict Stabilization Operations. Henry has written and contributed to publications relating to the conduct of elections including an “Assessment of Electoral Violence in Africa”, “Road Map to Credible Elections in Algeria”, “Fake News and Disinformation: An Election Integrity Issue”. As an International trainer, he has facilitated many training programs for election officials across the globe. He holds a Graduate Certificate in Election Administration from the University of Minnesota, a Master’s in Electoral Policy and Administration from the School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy, a Master’s in Democracy and Governance from Georgetown University, and an MBA from Southern New Hampshire University, United States of America.