Victor Santiago Pineda, PhD is a recognized expert on comparative disability policy.  Over the past 10 years he has documented the conditions of persons with disabilities in Yemen, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Lebanon, and provided technical assistance to governmental agencies in Serbia, Bosnia, Thailand, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.  He is currently the Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow for Academic Diversity at the University of California, Berkeley and research director of the World Enabled Initiative.