Karen Rodman is a human rights advocate; founder and executive director of Just Peace Advocates, a Canadian-based international human rights organization; and founder and CEO of Palestine Just Trade. She was ordained as a United Church of Canada minister in 2015, and has served as a human rights volunteer observer in Palestine through the World Council of Churches. Retired from senior management leadership with the Ontario Public Service after a more than three-decade career, Karen brings many years of experience leading organizations, stakeholders and partners in times of change through engagement, relationship building and capacity building. She hold a B.Sc. in Agriculture, a Master of Divinity and a Master of Rural Extension Education.