Iyad Joudeh is a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow and holds a postgraduate diploma in Strategic Management from Boston University and a B.A in Economics from Birzeit University. He is the Founder and Managing Director of Solutions for Development- Solution. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of PalTrade, the National Trade Promotion Organization. He was also the Marketing Director of Bethlehem 2000, the General Manager of Development Resource Centre (DRC) and the General Director of the Economic .