Chairman of CESD is Vugar Bayramov (Ph.D.). Dr. Bayramov used to be a post-doctoral researcher at Washington University in St.Louis (USA) in 2003/2004. He has served as workshop chairman or presenter in many international events abroad including USA, UK, France, Japan, Canada, India, Russia and etc. Mr. Bayramov teaches Economics/Finance courses at Azerbaijan State Economic University. Resume

Elchin Rashidov, Board Member is the Alumni of Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota (USA). He is also one of professional Cost-Benefit Analysts in Azerbaijan.  Resume

Zaur Mammadov, Board Member is the Alumni of Southeast University in the US. Resume

Faina Hanifayeva, Board Member is the Alumni of Western University, Baku. She is an expert on gender issues.  She has been cooperating with UNIFEM on reporting about gender issues in Azerbaijan. She has participated the gender program supported by USAID in the USA in 2008. She is head of gender department at the CESD. Resume

Ilham Polukhov, Board Member worked at University of Minnesota as a Visiting   Scholar (Junior Faculty Development Program. Resume