Expert Profile
Debra Ladner
Director of Programs, Governance and Law
Expertise: Rule of law; human rights.
Debra Ladner is the Director of Programs in Governance, Law, and Civil Society at The Asia Foundation. She works with the Foundation's field offices to design, implement, and monitor programs in the areas of legal reform and development, alternative dispute resolution, access to justice, conflict resolution, and human rights. She has also collaborated with legal scholars and social scientists on designing cutting-edge empirical research to better understand the functioning of the courts and informal dispute resolution mechanisms and public perceptions of the role of legal systems in society.
Prior to joining the Foundation, Ms. Ladner served as a fellow in the office of the late Senator Wellstone, where she worked on human rights and foreign relations.
Education: B.A. from Middlebury College; M.A. from Saint Michael's College; J.D. from Stanford University.