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Our Board of Directors is elected biannually and convenes on a quarterly basis.
Chair
Shadi Salah Aldin Mithqal Jaber, a psycho-social, mental health and community development specialist, serves as program director at the Palestine Counseling Center (PCC). In his 20 years with PCC, Jaber has lead the Emergency Response Team and served as the...
Vice Chair
Yazan Adnan Abdellatif al-Zubaidy is the managing director of Red Noses Palestine, a clowning group that serves hospitalized children, and a board member of Al-Harah Theater. Al-Zubaidy became interested in DCIP’s work as a child, holding membership in the Children’s Council...
Treasurer
Adla Safwan Wadih Nazer is a regulatory specialist administrator at Wataniya Mobile Palestine. She worked as a television and radio presenter for several years, including at Jordan TV, Palestine TV, and Raya FM. Nazer’s involvement with DCIP began in 2007, first...
Secretary
Muna Tawfiq Mohammad Salem served as a lawyer and then the coordinator of DCIP’s Child Justice Unit between 2009 and 2011, where she represented Palestinian juveniles in conflict with the Palestinian law. She contributed as a legal consultant on the State...
Member
Fayez Ahmad Hassan al-Fasfous is the Hebron and Bethlehem area coordinator at the Early Childhood Resource Center, where he has worked for the past 33 years. He also lectures on early childhood and social work at Al-Quds Open University and Bethlehem...
Zakaria Ahmad Mohammad Odeh is the general director of the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem for the past eight years. Previously, he worked with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for five years as a project manager to combat...
Randa George Yacoub Siniora is a human rights and women's right defender. She is currently the General Director at the Women's Center for Legal Aid and Counseling. She began her career as a legal researcher and coordinator of the Women’s Rights...
General Director
Khaled Quzmar is General Director of Defense for Children International - Palestine. Quzmar joined DCIP in 1995 as a lawyer representing Palestinian children in Israeli military courts. He rose through the ranks to become administrative and legal affairs director. He holds a master's in international human rights law. He...
