DWRC’s board of directors are elected by the general assembly for a three year mandate that is renewable. The current members of the board of directors are:
Name | Profession | Position | Years on Board |
Tamara Siam | Music therapist | President | 2 years |
Taleb Awad | Regional consultant to the European center for electoral | Vice-president | 2 years |
Ahraf ‘Ajrami | Chairperson of the Damour Advocacy Team | Treasurer | 2 years |
Samar Al-Damnahori | Administrative employee at the Palestinian Ministry of Health/ General Administration for Administrative Affairs | Secretary | 4 years |
Tamer Qare’ | Legal affairs department employee at Bank of Palestine | Member | 2 years |
Areej Awad | Lecturer in accountant for master students at Palestine Technical University – Khadouri | Member | 4 years |
Iman Mohammed Hasan Al-Jawabra | Nurse / unionist | Member | 4 years |
Mohammed Al-Bleidi | General Secretary at the New Federation of Trade Unions | Member | 2 years |
Maysa Najim | Senior producer at Makan TV | Member | 2 years |
DWRC’s basic statute defines rules of functioning of the board. The board of directors has responsibilities in supervising the management of the affairs of the organization, preparation of by-laws and internal regulations, and necessary directives for the proper functioning of the charitable society, recruitment of senior staff, establishing specialized committees on a need-basis for improving the work of the organization; they have also financial responsibilities and the signature of two board members is necessary for any check issued by the organization or financial transfer, they have to approve financial and narrative annual reports, and submit them to general assembly of the organization, convene general assembly meetings and follow-up with competent ministries.