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Nancy Rubin served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Commission for Human Rights during the Clinton administration and is currently a presidential appointee to the White House Council for Community Solutions.

Ms. Rubin was formerly a director of the International Human Rights Law Group (Global Rights) and chaired election observation for countries in transition to democracies. She served on the Leadership Council for Amnesty International and co-chaired their 50th Anniversary Year of Activities to expand the scope of human rights protection. She also served on the board of directors of the United Nations Association of the U.S. and the United Nations Foundation Strategy Committee.

Ms. Rubin serves on the board of directors of Women for Women International and chaired the Coalition for Women in International Development. She was previously on the board of the Overseas Development Council and on the strategy committee for Harvard University’s Project on Justice in Times of Transition. She also served as a director of the Overseas Education Fund International. She was a delegate to the third and fourth U.N. World Conferences on the Status of Women, and chaired the Committee on Women, Law and Development.

Ms. Rubin worked for the Corporation for National and Community Service and was on the founding team that built Americorps, which has engaged more than half a million young Americans in public service programs. She served on the advisory council of the U.S. Committee for UNIFEM, the Brookings Expert Committee on UN Human Rights Mechanisms, and Freedom House International's Solidarity Committee. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.