NEC Leadership

Executive Director, Head of the Secretariat

Atty. Joseph A. Yarsiah is a distinguished Liberian lawyer, legal strategist, and a professional in electoral administration and democratic governance whose career spans election law, criminal law, litigation, public procurement, and regulatory compliance. He is known as a litigator with a strong passion for the law and a deep commitment to management and coordination of electoral processes.

He has been elected by the Board of Commissioners of the National Elections Commission (NEC) as the new Executive Director and Head of the Secretariat. In this role, he provides strategic leadership and administrative oversight to the Commission’s technical and operational departments. He leads the planning, coordination, and implementation of national electoral processes, ensuring that elections are credible, transparent, and efficiently delivered, in support of Liberia’s post-conflict democratic transition and the consolidation of peace.

Atty. Yarsiah brings to the position more than ten years of institutional experience at the NEC, where he served first as Director of Political Affairs and later as Director of Procurement. He helped draft several key electoral regulations, including the campaign finance regulations, the candidate nomination regulations, and the guidelines for political parties and independent candidates. These instruments strengthened transparency, accountability, and fairness in Liberia’s electoral system.

He later became a Partner at Nexus Legal & Financial Partners, where he was a trusted legal strategist and offered clients practical and innovative solutions in criminal law, litigation, procurement, and regulatory compliance. Earlier in his career, he worked with JG Korkoya Law Office, LLP, handling complex litigation and commercial cases.

Combining legal practice with expertise in business administration, election management, and public procurement, Atty. Yarsiah delivers analytical, results-driven leadership in both the public and private sectors.

Areas of Expertise

Election law and electoral administration
Criminal law and civil litigation
Public procurement
Administrative law and regulatory compliance
Campaign finance and political party regulation
Strategic leadership and institutional accountability

Education

Candidate, Master of Public Administration (MPA), University of Liberia
LL.B. in Laws, Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law, University of Liberia, 2020
BBA in Accounting, University of Liberia, 2003