Elizabeth

A.

Andersen

Elizabeth "Betsy" Andersen is Executive Director of the Basel Institute on Governance, leading its global efforts to combat corruption and promote good governance.  Ms. Andersen has more than 20 years of experience in the international legal arena, having served previously as Executive Director of the World Justice Project, as Director of the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) and its Europe and Eurasia Division (previously known as the Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative or ABA CEELI), as Executive Director of the American Society of International Law, and as Executive Director of Human Rights Watch's Europe and Central Asia Division.  Ms. Andersen is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Williams College as well as on the governing and advisory boards of several international non-profit organizations. She is the recipient of a number of awards for her work in the international rule of law field, including a Williams College Bicentennial Medal, the American Society of International Law Prominent Woman in International Law Award, and the Case Western University Law School Humanitarian Award.