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 |
Suhail Awda | Social researcher | President | 2 years |
Suhaib Qasem | Lawyer | Vice-president | 2 years |
Ahraf ‘Ajrami | Former Minister | Treasurer | 2 years |
Samar Al-Damnahori | General Director at the Health Ministry | Secretary | 4 years |
Tamara Razaq | Music Teacher | Member | 2 years |
Iman Jawabra | Academic / teacher at Hebron Polytechnic University | Member | 4 years |
Mohamad Bleidi | Trade unionist | Member | 4 years |
Areej Awad | Academic | Member | 2 years |
Maysa Najim | Journalist | 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.