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Doug Rutzen

President and CEOThe International Center for Not-for-Profit Law

Biography

Doug Rutzen is President and CEO of the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL), which has worked on the legal environment for civil society, public participation, and philanthropy in over 100 countries. Doug also teaches international civil society law at Georgetown Law.

Doug serves on the Open Government Partnership’s steering committee and the OECD Civic Space Observatory’s advisory group. Upon Czechoslovakia’s transition to democracy, Doug was a Legal Advisor in the Czechoslovak Parliament.

In addition to his legal career, Doug developed social enterprises for persons with disabilities and co-authored a book on the production of low-cost eyeglasses.