Hanan Mikhail Ashrawi is the founder and head of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy and an elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). Dr. Ashrawi also founded the National Coalition for Accountability and Integrity and the Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens’ Rights and served as the first commissioner general of the latter. As head of the PLC’s Special Committee on Reform and coordinator of the Steering Committee of the National Reform Committee, Dr. Ashrawi has been actively engaged in the planning and implementation of programs and systems of reform and the rule of law. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.